By Matthew Van Dongen
OTTAWA, Canada — The federal government is ramping up research into the same kind of historic firefighting pollution it refuses to help clean up at the Hamilton airport.
Environment Canada is about to begin a feasibility study of remediation technologies that could be used on federal properties contaminated by chemicals such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a now-banned ingredient in aviation firefighting foam that polluted airports across Canada, including Hamilton.
The local pollution, which has been found in high levels in turtles and fish downstream of the airport, dates back to 1980s firefighter training when the airport was federally owned.
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