06-03-2019 23:59 via timesunion.com

Report identifies water contamination at 4 military sites upstate

WASHINGTON _ A new report identifies 101 current and former military installations with potentially hazardous amounts of PFAS _ per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances _ in drinking water, including four sites in upstate New York.
The upstate locations include Fort Drum in Watertown, the now-closed Griffiss Air Force Base near Rome, the now-closed Plattsburgh Air Force Base, and a Defense Logistics Agency site in Verona. PFAS pollution had been uncovered at each one but the report by the Enviro
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