[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Former Pease Air Force Base (NH): "More than nine of 10 people tested have PFCs in system"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State: More than nine of 10 people tested have PFCs in system

By KIMBERLEY HAAS
Union-Leader (NH)
June 16. 2016

PORTSMOUTH - State health officials have released the results of blood tests performed on people who drank contaminated water at the former Pease Air Force Base.

It was revealed during a public hearing Thursday evening that three perfluorochemical compounds, or PFCs, were detected in more than 94 percent of the over 1,500 adults and children tested through the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services last year.

These include PFOS, PFOA and PFHxS.

Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state’s epidemiologist, said the contamination likely came from firefighting foam used by the Air Force on the former base. He said the Department of Defense continues to use the foam, which is extremely effective in putting out petroleum-based fires. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.unionleader.com/Blood-tests-for-PFCs-reveal-heavy-impact-on-Seacoast-06162016

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Lenny Siegel
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