Saturday, February 7, 2009

News Alert Foam Articles






If you haven't prepared a response to this for you local media you might want to get prepared.

News Alert Foam Articles

Probe: Did 3M firefighting foam contaminate water?
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... known as PFOS and PFOA, in 2002, but they remain in foam stockpiled by fire departments. Stew Thornley, health educator for the Minnesota Department of ...

Bemidji water to be checked for PFC Bemidji Pioneer Bemidji ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Health plans to sample drinking water supplies around the state, including Bemidji, that could have been exposed to firefighting foam containing chemicals known as PFCs. ... The 15 Minnesota cities were judged to have the highest potential risk for groundwater contamination, based on the depth of their wells, proximity to fire training areas and other factors, said Stew Thornley, health educator for the Minnesota Department ...
The Free Press, Mankato, MN - North Mankato water to be tested
Associated Press. The Minnesota Department of Health plans to sample drinking water supplies around the state that could have been exposed to firefighting foam containing chemicals known as PFCs. ... The foam is flushed into storm sewers or left to seep into the ground, and that raises the possibility that drinking water has been affected. 3M stopped making some of the chemicals in 2002, but they are still in foam that fire departments have stockpiled. ...

Drinking water samples to be taken in Pine River, Pierz, Randall
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, United States - 1 hour ago
The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will sample drinking water supplies at sites at three area communities: Pierz, ...
Firefighter training sites around Minnesota to be checked for PFC ...
Pioneer Press, MN - 13 hours ago
By Bob Shaw State officials are checking for a new source of pollution in drinking water: firefighting foam. The pollutants — PFCs, or perflurorchemicals ...
State officials to test for PFCs where firefighting foam was used
KARE, MN - 18 hours ago
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Department of Health will sample drinking water from sites where a specific kind of fire fighting foam was used. ...
State to test water for chemicals from firefighting foam
Minnesota Public Radio, MN - 20 hours ago
by Lorna Benson, Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. — Drinking water supplies in more than a dozen communities are being sampled to see if ...
State to Test Effect of
FOX 9 News, MN - 21 hours ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health are working together to identify areas where firefighting foams ...
State to test water, soil possibly affected by firefighting foams
KSTP.com, MN - 18 hours ago
The Minnesota Department of Health will sample drinking water supplies at sites around the state where it is possible that the use of firefighting foams has ...
MN Agency To Survey Effects Of Firefighting Foam
WCCO, MN - 19 hours ago
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MN agency to survey effects of firefighting foam
Daily Republic, SD - 19 hours ago
AP - Friday, February 06, 2009 The Minnesota Department of Health plans to sample drinking water supplies around the state that could have been exposed to ...

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