2018 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:56:28 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Bucks and Montco towns [PA] with water contamination chosen for blood testing"
 
Bucks and Montco towns with water contamination chosen for blood testing 

by Justine McDaniel &  Laura McCrystal
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
May 31, 2018 


Bucks and Montgomery County residents who drank contaminated water for years have a rare chance to find out what’s in their bloodstreams as part of a blood-testing study for what federal officials hope will become a national testing program.

But the Pennsylvania Department of Health ran into an unexpected issue — not enough households have signed up for the testing.

The department wants to test the blood of 500 residents in neighborhoods surrounding the Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster and Naval Air Station Willow Grove, where drinking water was contaminated by chemicals leaching off the bases.

…

For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/bucks-montgomery-water-contamination-pfas-pfoa-navy-military-base-blood-test-20180531.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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