[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "El Paso County [CO] to consider forever chemicals testing agreement with [Peterson] Air Force [Base]

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

El Paso County to consider forever chemicals testing agreement with Air Force


by Savannah Eller 
Colorado Springs Gazette (CO)(
January 21, 2025

The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners will soon have an option on the table to formalize a forever chemicals testing agreement with the Air Force over wells at Fountain Creek Regional Park. 

Todd Marts, El Paso County director of community services, said in an informal meeting with commissioners on Tuesday that the U.S. Air Force has been regularly testing wells for two forever chemical types in "surrounding areas" including the park. The agreement would formalize continued access for the military. 

Kyle Melvin, county parks operations manager, said that Air Force testing usually generated results under 70 parts per trillion, a safety level based on a 2016 Environmental Protection Agency health advisory for PFOS and and PFOA chemicals. He said that levels have jumped above the threshold "once or twice," triggering the closing of bathroom facilities at the park usually during the offseason when usage is low. 


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For the entire article, see
https://gazette.com/government/el-paso-county-to-consider-forever-chemicals-testing-agreement-with-air-force/article_f299a5c6-d842-11ef-ad63-6b74df3e1192.html


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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