[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Air Force plans to spend $2 billion [nationally] to clean up PFC-contaminated water"

[Lenny Siegel]

Air Force plans to spend $2 billion to clean up PFC-contaminated water
EPA backs more tests in Colorado

By Bruce Finley
Denver Post (CO)
November 2, 2016 at 7:24 pm


COLORADO SPRINGS - A Pentagon team met leaders of Colorado communities whose water has been contaminated with a toxic chemical used to fight fuel fires - and a top official on Wednesday declared the Air Force will move aggressively nationwide, expecting to spend $250 million on studies and $2 billion for cleanup.

Meanwhile Environmental Protect Agency officials said the agency will back increased testing of groundwater in Colorado. Initial tests found the Fountain Creek watershed contaminated with the perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) at levels exceeding a federal health limit nearly as far south as Pueblo. EPA officials also said they’ll consider developing regulations for PFCs, which have been linked by scientists to low birth weights, cancers of the kidneys and testicles, and other problems.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/02/air-force-plans-to-spend-2-billion-to-clean-up-pfc-contaminated-water/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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