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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Dover. Letter: A second opinion on fluoridation
To begin I support City Councilor Cheney in willing to revisit “an old fight” to use or not to use fluoride in Dover’s drinking water. The debate that took place back in 2011 into 2012 ended by using fluoridation. In my research I found that HHS (2002) proposed that community water systems adjust the amount […]
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Dover: Fluoride debate resurfaces; referendum suggested
DOVER — Added in an effort to battle villains such as “The Cavity Creeps” from making holes in teeth, fluoride has been part of the city’s water since sometime in the 1980s. Questions are now arising over potential health consequences related to the additive and whether it should continue to be distributed citywide. “There are […]
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Water contamination shuts down well at Pease
PORTSMOUTH — City officials shut down a well that serves Pease International Tradeport after tests found a contaminant in the water, according to state, city and Pease Development Authority officials. PDA Executive Director David Mullen said the well was shut down in “an abundance of caution” after a test found perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in […]
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Pease Air Force Base: Officials ‘deeply concerned’ over tainted well
PORTSMOUTH — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen sent a letter to the secretary of the Air Force on Wednesday, sharing her concerns about the financial implications of the contamination of the Haven Well at Pease International Tradeport. “I’m deeply concerned about the situation,” Shaheen, D-N.H., wrote in the letter to Deborah Lee James, secretary of the […]
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