Posted on 07.16.20

Surfside residents alarmed airport didn’t advise them of possible contaminants

Source: https://www.ack.net/, July 16, 2020
By: John Lavenburg

Maddequecham Valley Road home tested positive for dangerous levels of potentially-carcinogenic contaminants called polyfluroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS.

“My children are bathing in cancer- causing chemicals,” Wofford wrote to the Airport Commission. “My children are brushing their teeth with cancer-causing chemicals.”

It is believed those chemicals got into her water from the flame-retardant foam used during firefighting exercises at the airport. Read more.

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