[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Air Force Announces New Cleanup Projects at Pease" (NH)

[Lenny Siegel]

Air Force Announces New Cleanup Projects at Pease 

By JASON MOON
New Hampshire Public Radio
March 15, 2018 

The Air Force is announcing new efforts to address water contamination at the former Pease Air Force Base.

Pease is the site of the largest known perfluorochemical contamination in the state. In 2014, a drinking well was closed there after at least 1,800 people were exposed to PFCs at levels far above health advisory limits. Some evidence has linked PFCs to cancer.

Now the Air Force is announcing two new ‘pump-and-treat’ projects at the base -- one to prevent contaminants from migrating off site, another to reduce the flow of PFCs to the well that was closed.

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For the entire article, see
http://nhpr.org/post/air-force-announces-new-cleanup-projects-pease#stream/0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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