[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, WATER: "Water contamination shuts down well at [former] Pease [Air Force Base, NH]"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water contamination shuts down well at Pease
Very little known about human health effects, state official says

By Jeff McMenemy
Portsmouth Herald (NH)
May 22, 2014

PORTSMOUTH - City officials shut down a well that serves Pease  
International Tradeport after tests found a contaminant in the water,  
according to state, city and Pease Development Authority officials.

PDA Executive Director David Mullen said the well was shut down in  
"an abundance of caution" after a test found perfluorooctane sulfonic  
acid (PFOS) in the well. PFOS is one of a class of chemicals known as  
PFCs or perfluorochemicals, according to a press release from the state.
"Because the level of PFOS exceeds the 'provisional health advisory'  
set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the well was  
immediately shut down by the city of Portsmouth," the release states.  
"The water in the other two wells servicing Pease also contained PFCs  
but not above the provisional health advisory level."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140522-NEWS-140529897

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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