[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "all is well on the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base" (SC)

[Lenny Siegel]

Scientists monitor leftover toxins at former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

by Deevon RahmingFriday,
WPDE ABC15 News (Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC)
July 12th 2019

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — How safe is the drinking water in your neighborhood? 

That's what scientists with the Air Force Environmental Program are monitoring at the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base.

The site closed in 1993, but when it was open there used to be military training exercises done on site and that left behind toxic chemicals, which are now constantly being monitored.

Much of that area now includes The Market Common.



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For the entire story, see
https://wpde.com/news/local/toxic-water-levels-found-at-old-myrtle-beach-air-force-base

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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