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By ANITA SNOW | Associated Press | Published: March 3, 2021 PHOENIX — The head of Arizona's environmental agency called on Luke Air Force Base in metro Phoenix to help stop the spread of a plume of chemicals contaminating the area's drinking water after recent testing discovered high levels of compounds commonly found in a firefighting foam once used there. Misael Cabrera, director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, told a public meeting his agency could work with the U.S. Air Force to stop the underground movement of the chemicals he said are linked to cancer and other ...

Arizona agency: Luke Air Force Base needs longer term water solution March 3 Firefighters with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron and Gila Bend Fire Department spray water onto a fire during training Dec. 7, 2016, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (Senior Airman James Hensley/Air Force) PHOENIX — The head of Arizona’s environmental agency called on Luke Air Force Base in metro Phoenix to help stop the spread of a plume of chemicals contaminating the area’s drinking water after recent testing discovered high levels of compounds commonly found in a firefighting foam once used there. Misa...