[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Malmstrom Air Force Base (MT)

[Lenny Siegel]

Identify, Respond, Prevent: Malmstrom's strategy to prevent water contamination

By Elizabeth Transue
KRTV TV-3 News (Great Falls, MT)
January 9, 2018

A recent CBS report was about Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, which uses a firefighting foam that contains highly prefluorinated chemicals, known as PFCs.

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“The Air Force's plan is to identify, respond, and prevent," Mignery said. "We want to prevent any possible contaminants from getting into the soil and drinking water."

The base has drained the foam and replaced it with a more environmental-friendly foam, put a foam-testing procedure into all of the trucks, and are making sure that training is double-lined and insulated.


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For the entire story, see
http://www.krtv.com/story/37230681/identify-respond-prevent-malmstroms-strategy-to-prevent-water-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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