By Geoff Kelly, Investigative Post, through the Institute for Nonprofit News network
The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station has landed on an ignoble list.
The facility ranks seventh on a list of the 100 U.S. military sites most contaminated with PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.
That’s according to a report issued in early October by the Environmental Working Group, based on data procured from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense.
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Featured Image: Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve and National Guard C-130?s exercise flying over Niagara Falls NY, Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee via wikimedia Public Domain
