Air Force lays out well treatment plans, public calls for health monitoring PORTSMOUTH – City officials and residents urged Air Force officials to treat the city-owned Smith and Harrison wells on the former Pease Air Force base and to pay for ongoing monitoring for people exposed to contaminated water. Steve TerMaath, the chief of the […]
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Pediatric meeting on Pease blood tests set for Sept. 9
PORTSMOUTH — The state Department of Health and Human Services will hold its aggregate pediatric meeting on the blood test results from children exposed to contaminated city water on Sept. 9. The meeting will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the DES conference room at the Pease International Airport, according to Richard DiPentima, […]
New Hampshire Dental Society re-launches website on fluoride
Website reminds residents of value of fluoride CONCORD – The New Hampshire Dental Society recently re-launched its website, FluorideNH.com, to help inform the public and address questions about community water fluoridation. The website includes general information on water fluoridation, its history, fast facts about fluoride and additional resources. The site also allows users to find local […]
N.H. Still Struggling To Meet Kids’ Oral Hygiene Needs
More than one-third of New Hampshire children experience one of the most preventable childhood diseases: tooth decay. According to a new report from UNH’s Carsey School, access to oral healthcare is all about geographical and financial barriers. The problem is worst in Coos County, where more than half of third graders had tooth decay in […]
Portsmouth. Report: Federal PFC levels not protective enough
PORTSMOUTH — An article just published by public health professors from Harvard University and Boston University concludes that the provisional health advisory level for a chemical found in three city wells “may be 100-fold too high.” The city closed the Haven well in May 2014 after the Air Force tested the well and found levels […]
Portsmouth: City asks Air Force to pay for well contamination
PORTSMOUTH — City Manager John Bohenko said the city has asked the U.S. Air Force to “explore treatment options” for the “contaminant of emerging concern” that has already closed one city-owned well and could threaten two others. “We’ve asked the Air Force to pay for it,” Bohenko said in an interview this week about the […]
Pease, Portsmouth wells at risk of contamination
The move to shut off the city-owned Haven well, which is located near the main runway at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, means it’s now more likely the contamination that closed that well could travel to other wells, according to Scott Hilton, project manager for the state Department of Environmental Services’ Pease Superfund site. “Now […]
Pease Well Contamination. Sen. Shaheen pushes for blood tests
PORTSMOUTH — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has joined the effort to get the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to quickly review the protocol for blood testing for people exposed to contaminated water at the Pease International Tradeport. Shaheen, D-N.H., noted in her recent letter to the CDC that the state Department of Health and […]
Pease well contaminant levels 10 times higher than EPA standards
State has not tested Haven well since it shut down in May PORTSMOUTH – The state has not tested the Haven well at the Pease International Tradeport since it was shut down last year after they found high levels of a “contaminant of emerging concern,” in the city-owned well. But when the Air Force tested […]
Pease: Portsmouth considers 2 sites to replace contaminated well
PORTSMOUTH — City officials have identified two potential sites to replace the contaminated city-owned Haven Well at the Pease International Tradeport, according to Deputy Public Works Director Brian Goetz. The two sites that the city is beginning its initial study on to see if they are suitable for city wells is a combination of city-owned […]