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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:41:27 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Chemical contamination at Dover base [DE] 254, 000 times higher than proposed federal limit, study says"
 
Chemical contamination at Dover base 254,000 times higher than proposed federal limit, study says 

By JON HURDLE
Delaware Public Media
October 12, 2018

Contamination by toxic PFAS chemicals in ground water at Dover Air Force Base was dramatically higher than federal health limits recommended this year, according to a new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The nonprofit compared previously reported testing by the Department of Defense with new proposals on PFAS limits by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and found contamination by two of the chemicals – PFOA and PFOS – on the base was as high as 2.8 million parts per trillion (ppt), or 254,000 times what the agency deems safe to protect public health.

The results, based on testing in 2016, gave DAFB the fourth-highest level of the two chemicals among 131 U.S. military bases covered by the analysis.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.delawarepublic.org/post/chemical-contamination-dover-base-254000-times-higher-proposed-federal-limit-study-says

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Lenny Siegel
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