[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Searchable database of Defense facilities

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DoD explains what’s being done about water contamination on bases

By Tara Copp
Military Times
June 8, 2018  

A new searchable database compiled by Military Times from DoD-released data has raised a lot of questions from military personnel and families who lived on those locations.

In the March report, DoD named hundreds of water sites on bases around the world where some type of water source tested for higher-than-recommended levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or perflourooctanoic acid (PFOA.)

The compounds are linked to cancers and birth defects that were concentrated in the foam the military has used to put out aircraft fires since the 1970s.

The report identified water sites such as an on-base drinking system; off-base drinking system and multiple water monitoring wells drilled on or near military property.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/06/08/dod-explains-whats-being-done-about-water-contamination-on-bases/

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