[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Joint Base Cape Cod (MA) "water samples show contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Upper Cape base water samples show contamination
Military officials say compounds found in firefighting foam have been under investigation for years.

By Christine Legere
Cape Cod Times (MA)
May 23, 2018 


JOINT BASE CAPE COD — Joint Base Cape Cod is included on a national list of military installations where contamination with possible links to cancer and other diseases has been detected in drinking water and groundwater in and around their sites.

The presence of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) - ingredients used in firefighting foam since 1970 - came as no surprise to base officials.

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At Joint Base Cape Cod, two of the nine samples taken from public drinking water supplies located off-base exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recommended level of 70 parts per trillion.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180522/upper-cape-base-water-samples-show-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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