[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Off-site contamination confirmed near Shaw Air Force Base (SC)

[Lenny Siegel]

Health officials confirm chemicals polluted drinking water near SC air base

By Andrew Brown 
Charleston Post and Courier (SC)
January 31, 2020

South Carolina health officials announced Thursday that the drinking water for roughly 259 people living near Shaw Air Force Base is contaminated with industrial chemicals, confirming what The Post and Courier reported earlier this month. 

New lab results show the tap water at the Crescent Mobile Home Park, located next to the sprawling air base in Sumter County, contains man-made chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — PFAS for short. 

Those chemicals were used for decades in a variety of industrial processes, including the creation of a firefighting foam that was showered onto military bases during accidents and training exercises. 
 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/health-officials-confirm-chemicals-polluted-drinking-water-near-sc-air/article_92bdf56e-4371-11ea-893f-9b62cba533ef.html

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Lenny Siegel
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