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July 20, 2018

NASA pollution study may take years

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — NASA officials say they are in the beginning stages of studying the extent of contamination from dangerous industrial chemicals that penetrated the drinking water of Chincoteague, an island town near the agency's Wallops Flight Facility.

The facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore has been providing supplemental drinking water to the town for more than a year, since testing of Chincoteague's wells on Wallops property showed the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, referred to as PFAS.


 
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