Foam In Widefield Aquifer Contamination Could Be 6x More Toxic Than Previously Believed

The Air Force's problem with contaminated water, which it has been attempting to remedy in southern El Paso County with an unprecedented aid package, could get a lot worse. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry recently sought to publish a study revealing how perfluorinated compounds found in military firefighting foam could be nearly six times more toxic than current advisories, Environmental Protection Agency emails show. Two years after the crisis arose, the Air Force has begun paying for cleansing the compounds from water flowing into taps in Security, Widefield and Fountain. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette

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