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PFAS Hearing Highlights National Contamination Problem

KUAC | By Dan Bross
Published September 28, 2018 at 11:37 AM AKDT
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PFAS contamination was the focus of a US Senate subcommittee hearing this week.  The session brought together government officials, and citizens from a growing number of communities, like Fairbanks and North Pole, where groundwater has been polluted by perfluorinated or PFAS chemicals from firefighting foams. KUAC’s Dan Bross reports.

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Dan Bross
Dan has been in public radio news in Alaska since 1993. He’s worked as a reporter, newscaster and talk show host at stations in McGrath, Valdez and Fairbanks. Dan’s experience includes coverage of a wide range of topics, from wolf control to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and dog mushing.
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