[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Sen. Casey ties PFC report to military funding"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sen. Casey ties PFC report to military funding

By Kyle Bagenstose
Intelligencer (PA)
March 2, 2017

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, announced Thursday he has secured language in the military's annual appropriations bill that would require Secretary of Defense James Mattis to deliver a report on perfluorinated compound contamination at U.S. military bases.

For years, the Department of Defense has been investigating the scale of its problem: unregulated chemicals PFOA and PFOS are key ingredients in firefighting foams used for decades at military bases across the country. In Bucks and Montgomery counties, their use on a trio of former and current military bases is believed to have polluted the drinking water supplies of at least 70,000 people. So far, the military's cleanup costs have reached into the tens of millions of dollars, and the contamination has initiated widespread concerns about potential health effects.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theintell.com/news/horsham-pfos/sen-casey-ties-pfc-report-to-military-funding/article_03250890-ff84-11e6-ab2a-2f348ca25f4f.html 


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Lenny Siegel
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