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Residents urge Spokane County to push for PFAS public-health emergency and faster task-force action
Summary
Residents at the county open forum urged commissioners to press for a PFAS public-health emergency and criticized the slow pace of the PFAS task force. Speakers asked the board to encourage the local health officer to act and praised new PFAS funding in the county legislative priorities.
Residents urged Spokane County commissioners on Dec. 9 to press the local health officer to declare a public-health emergency over PFAS contamination and to accelerate work by the county PFAS task force.
John Hancock, who identified himself as from the West Plains, thanked the board for including PFAS funding and filtering projects in its legislative priorities and urged immediate action: "How…
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