Department of the Air Force officials joined Portsmouth and New Hampshire elected representatives at a ceremony May 4 at the former Pease Air Force Base to mark the opening of a state-of-the-art water treatment facility that will help protect the,
By KEITH MATHENY | Detroit Free Press | Published: April 12, 2021 OSCODA, Mich. (Tribune News Service) – U.S. Air Force firefighters from the Wurtsmith Air Force Base helped their host community, Oscoda, fight at least two major fires over the years a forest fire in 1987, and a bus garage fire in 1995. Both times, the Air Force relied on what it also used on the base firefighting foam containing nonstick perfluoroalkyl substances: PFAS. The compounds are now known as forever chemicals that don t break down in the environment and are tied to cancer and other health ailments. Decades after the fires, the groundwater in the areas where Wurtsmith fire crews provided mutual aid in Oscoda Township remains contaminated with high levels of PFAS.
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