[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Navy: First tests show Brunswick [ME] wells not contaminated"

[Lenny Siegel]

Navy: First tests show Brunswick wells not contaminated

By Walter Wuthmann
Falmouth Forecaster (ME)
July 14, 2016


BRUNSWICK - The U.S. Navy, which is testing private wells around the former Brunswick Naval Air Station for possible chemical contamination, says the first wells tested are within federal health guidelines.

Officials are trying to determine whether perfluorinated compounds, a type of chemical found in elevated levels on the former base, have migrated through groundwater.

PFCs have come under public scrutiny recently for possible adverse health effects. Although used frequently in the past in commercial products like nonstick pans and fire-resistant carpets, PFCs have recently been listed by the Environmental Protection Agency as a contaminant of emerging concern.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theforecaster.net/navy-first-tests-show-brunswick-wells-not-contaminated/

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Lenny Siegel
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