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‘Dire Health Effects’: Fairbanks Group Seeks Strict Regulation of Firefighting-foam Chemicals

ACAT Executive Director Pam Miller talks about the proliferation of products containing PFOA and PFOS during Monday's WATER meeting. Credit: Tim Ellis/ KUAC

“A toxic-chemical expert told a group in Fairbanks Monday that perfluorinated compounds that have contaminated groundwater around some Fairbanks and Eielson Air Force Base-area neighborhoods pose a serious, long-term threat to human health. Organizers of the meeting say they hope to convince state and federal regulators to set more stringent standards for the chemical compounds.”

Read the article by Tim Ellis.

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