PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The US Air Force has teamed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor residents exposed to contaminated water from the now-closed Pease base.
The Portsmouth Herald reports that Air Force Secretary Deborah James said Thursday that officials are developing a plan for health monitoring near the Portsmouth base, with the CDC taking the lead.
James says the Air Force regrets that sometimes communities "get contaminated to a certain degree." But she says the military branch is prepared to "take the right action and clean it up."