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One of Dayton’s two well fields, the Ottawa Well Field, has levels of PFAS above new EPA limits. It's the subject of a lawsuit the city filed against the base and the Pentagon in 2021.
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PFAS, also called "forever chemicals," are under increasing regulatory scrutiny for its links to health effects.Dayton’s laboratory is capable of detecting PFAS levels as low as 2 parts per trillion in a sample.
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There's a new Ohio program for fire departments to dispose of Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), to protect local water supplies and the environment from PFAS "forever chemicals."
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Some groundwater on Wright Patterson Air Force Base is contaminated with PFAS, or forever chemicals. Those chemicals have been linked to cancer and developmental problems. Engineers recently built something called an interceptor trench to capture that groundwater so they can clean it up.
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The City of Bellbrook has joined Dayton and Fairborn in a lawsuit against more than 30 companies that manufactured PFAS, or so-called forever chemicals. Bellbrook said those companies should pay to clean up the PFAS in the city's drinking water wells.
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PFAS, or forever chemicals are extremely difficult to break down so they stick around for a long time in water, soil and the human body. Prolonged exposure to them can have negative health effects according to the CDC.
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Your WYSO Morning News Update for June 22, 2022, with Mike Frazier:
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PFAS were discovered in more than a dozen public water systems in the Miami Valley during recent testing by the Ohio EPA. The chemicals have been linked to cancer and developmental problems in infants and children.
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Mayor Jeffrey Mims addresses the 142 suggestions the city received in regard to police reform and explains how the city may spend some its $138 million in COVID relief funds.
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The base says they are taking an aggressive approach to remediate the PFAS chemicals they’ve found.
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PFAS, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are known as forever chemicals. They have been found at the base.