[CPEO-MEF] NH AG Files Lawsuit against PFAS Manufacturers

On May 26, 2019, at 5:13 PM, Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> wrote:

Navy to Test Drinking Water Wells Near NSA Crane for PFAS Contamination
Navy asking residents to sign up for free testing to detect contamination of compound linked to cancer, low birth weight

by Enrique Saenz
Indiana Environmental Reporter
May 16, 2019

ODON, Indiana – After low levels of chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in drinking water samples, U.S. Navy and state officials want residents living near Naval Support Activity Crane in southern Indiana to sign up for private drinking water well testing.

Officials from Crane, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and other government offices provided information on the possible contamination at a public information meeting at Crane May 15.

“We identified a couple of areas where we have had a potential release and there is a potential for off-base migration,” said Tim Reisch, supervisory environmental engineer for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, the command responsible for managing the environmental support for Navy facilities across the globe.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.indianaenvironmentalreporter.org/posts/navy-to-test-drinking-water-wells-near-nsa-crane-for-pfas-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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