(August 24, 2016, 1:05 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Rep. Todd Stephens on Aug. 22 issued a press release calling on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to sue the U.S. Navy in an effort to force it to clean up water systems in Montgomery County, Pa., which the representative says are contaminated with perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) from a Naval Air Station.

Stephens, in a press release on his website, says he wants the state to require the Navy to pay for blood tests and a health study for residents’ drinking water...