[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Atlantic Outlying Landing Field (NC)

[Lenny Siegel]

Contaminated drinking water found outside an NC military base. It could be just the start.

BY BRIAN MURPHY
Raleigh News & Observer (NC)
March 15, 2018

The tiny Eastern North Carolina community of Atlantic has joined a growing list of military areas across the country affected by contaminated drinking water.

The Navy is providing bottled water after two private groundwater wells in Atlantic, an unincorporated area in Carteret County with a population of less than 600, tested positive for elevated levels of cancer-causing chemicals. Atlantic sits on the Core Sound, just west of the Outer Banks.

The chemicals, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), are used to make products more stain-resistant, waterproof and nonstick, and they appear in common household products such as cookware, carpets, food packaging and clothes, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article205393274.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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