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Groundwater impacted by fire-fighting foams

AFFF in contaminated groundwater is likely much higher, according to Field.

Field's work is the first to detect the AFFF components in groundwater, but virtually nothing is known about their behavior in the environment, she says. The surfactants associated with fire training activities may also occur with other pollutants, such as fuel components and solvents, so it is important to determine if the AFFF surfactants affect the transport and biodegradation of other contaminants, according to Field. The risk that these mixtures pose to human health and the environment can only be determined after more measurements are made of their occurrence and distribution, Field states.


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Contact: Charmayne Marsh
y_marsh@acs.org
202-872-4445
American Chemical Society
13-Jul-1999


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