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at who are had sham township community center tuesday night to learn about the chemicals known as pfoa and pfof, last week environmental protection agencies lowered the acceptable levels of those chemicals in groundwater as a result, horsham, warminster and warrington townships took eight public wells off line in addition to eight other wells previously taken off line in 2014. the pfoa and of are link to the formal naval base air air station in the area. >> we are in the process of identifying where we think most likely places where it would have fallen in the groundwater is and best places, to attack the problem and treat it. >> reporter: greg preston is naval official overseeing clean up. he said homes on the public water system have safe water to drink however, navy is providing bottle water to homes on private wells with high levels until they can be hook up to the public water system but state representative todd stevens who lives in horsham says that is in the enough. >> navy should pay for blood tests so we can know whether we are exposed and to what extent. >> reporter: today's
at who are had sham township community center tuesday night to learn about the chemicals known as pfoa and pfof, last week environmental protection agencies lowered the acceptable levels of those chemicals in groundwater as a result, horsham, warminster and warrington townships took eight public wells off line in addition to eight other wells previously taken off line in 2014. the pfoa and of are link to the formal naval base air air station in the area. >> we are in the process of...
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the pfoa and pfos linked to the former naval base and former naval air station in the area. >> right now in the pros he of where we are thinking the most likely places would have gone into the grounds water, and the best places where we can attack the problem and basically treat it. >> greg preston, naval official, overseeing the clean up. he says homes on the public water system, now have safe water to drink. however the navy providing bottled waters to homes on private wells of high levels until they can be hook up to the public water system. still, state representative, today stevens, who lives in horsham, says that's not enough. >> i think the navy also ought to be paying for blood tests for all of our residents so we can know whether we've been expose the to the compounds and to what he can tent. >> linked to certain cancers and to developmental effect in feet you cents and infants, this second informational meet something now happening inside the community center, and runs until 1 p.m. today. reporting in horsham township, jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> on the weather
the pfoa and pfos linked to the former naval base and former naval air station in the area. >> right now in the pros he of where we are thinking the most likely places would have gone into the grounds water, and the best places where we can attack the problem and basically treat it. >> greg preston, naval official, overseeing the clean up. he says homes on the public water system, now have safe water to drink. however the navy providing bottled waters to homes on private wells of...
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pfoa and os is link to the formal naval base and era station in the area. >> we are in the process of identifying where we think mess likely places where it would have gone in the groundwater and best places where we can attack the problem and basically treat it. >> reporter: greg preston is naval official overseeing the clean up. he a says homes on the public water systems now have safe water to training, however, navy is providing bottled water to homes on private wells with high levels until they can be hook up to the public water system, still state representative todd stevens lives in horsham says that is in the enough. >> i think navy should be paying for blood tests for our residents so we can know whether we have been exposed and to what extent. >> reporter: today's informational session starts at 11:00 and runs through 1:00 . we are live, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim, back to you. >>> comedian bill cosby will stan trial on his sexual assault case in montgomery county. cosby's accuser andrea constand did not appear in court during yesterday's preliminary hearin
pfoa and os is link to the formal naval base and era station in the area. >> we are in the process of identifying where we think mess likely places where it would have gone in the groundwater and best places where we can attack the problem and basically treat it. >> reporter: greg preston is naval official overseeing the clean up. he a says homes on the public water systems now have safe water to training, however, navy is providing bottled water to homes on private wells with high...
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. >> reporter: last week, epa lowered the acceptable levels for pfoa and pfos in ground water through township took eight public wells off line as a result. >> if you are getting municipal water from warminster, from horsham township or from warrington it's safe to drink. i have a bottle of it there and i'm drinking the water myself. >> reporter: greg preston is a naval official overseeing the clean up effort homes on the public water system now have safe drinking water. the navy is providing bottled water until they can be hook up to the public safety. todd stevens who lives in horsham wants more to be done. >> i think navy also ought to be paying for blood tests for all our residents so that we can know whether we've been exposed to these compounds and to what extent. >> reporter: for those unable to attend tonight's meeting meeg there will be identical meeting tomorrow from 11am to 1:00 p.m. at the horsham community center. but for now we're live in horsham, i'm trang do cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> trang, thank you. >>> tonight philadelphia police say a man hit and killed by a train
. >> reporter: last week, epa lowered the acceptable levels for pfoa and pfos in ground water through township took eight public wells off line as a result. >> if you are getting municipal water from warminster, from horsham township or from warrington it's safe to drink. i have a bottle of it there and i'm drinking the water myself. >> reporter: greg preston is a naval official overseeing the clean up effort homes on the public water system now have safe drinking water. the...
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. >> reporter: last week, epa lowered the acceptable levels for pfoa and pfos in ground water through township took eight public wells off line as a result. >> if you are getting municipal water from warminster, from horsham township or from warrington it's safe to drink. i have a bottle of it there and i'm drinking the water myself. >> reporter: greg preston is a naval official overseeing the clean up effort homes on the public water system now have safe drinking water. the navy is providing bottled water until they can be hook up to the public safety. todd stevens who lives in horsham wants more to be done. >> i think navy also ought to be paying for blood tests for all our residents so that we can know whether we've been exposed to these compounds and to what extent. >> reporter: for those unable to attend tonight's meeting meeg there will be identical meeting tomorrow from 11am to 1:00 p.m. at the horsham community center. but for now we're live in horsham, i'm trang do cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> trang, thank you. >>> tonight philadelphia police say a man hit and killed by a train
. >> reporter: last week, epa lowered the acceptable levels for pfoa and pfos in ground water through township took eight public wells off line as a result. >> if you are getting municipal water from warminster, from horsham township or from warrington it's safe to drink. i have a bottle of it there and i'm drinking the water myself. >> reporter: greg preston is a naval official overseeing the clean up effort homes on the public water system now have safe drinking water. the...