2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:36:26 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Pennsylvania eyes blood testing as PFC health study advances"
 
Pennsylvania eyes blood testing as PFC health study advances


By Kyle Bagenstose 
Intelligencer (PA)
December 28, 2017
 
State Rep. Todd Stephens said the Pennsylvania health department is applying for up to $350,000 for a small-scale blood testing program.

More than three years after widespread drinking water contamination was found along the Bucks and Montgomery County border, major questions persist: How much of the chemicals remain in the bodies of those who live there? And what health risks do they present?

Answers could be coming for some as the Pennsylvania Department of Health has applied for up to $350,000 in grant money to institute a small-scale testing program, according to state Rep. Todd Stephens, R-151, of Horsham.

“I spoke with the Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, and the state epidemiologist, Dr. Sharon Watkins, to confirm that they are applying for the grant,” Stephens wrote in an email.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theintell.com/news/20171228/pennsylvania-eyes-blood-testing-as-pfc-health-study-advances

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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