[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Contamination spreads from former Seneca Army Depot into Seneca Lake"

[Lenny Siegel]

Contamination spreads from former Seneca Army Depot into Seneca Lake

By Peter Mantius
Finger Lakes 1
October 27, 2024 3:35 AM


Recent tests for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in water drawn from several sites in Seneca Lake and its tributaries provide fresh evidence that PFAS contamination at the former Seneca Army Depot is spreading beyond its borders.

Three streams that flow out of the former Army base had the highest combined PFAS totals from water tests at 12 streams, four sites on the lake and one waste water treatment plant conducted jointly by Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association and the Finger Lakes Institute.

Kendaia Creek, which drains the center of the former depot, had the highest readings by far, followed by Reeder Creek and Indian Creek. The findings tend to support previous state tests that found fish in Kendaia Creek had very high levels of PFAS.

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https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2024/10/26/toxic-threat-pfas-contamination-spreads-from-former-seneca-army-depot-into-seneca-lake/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)