[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Fort Worth Naval Air Station (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Live near Fort Worth’s Naval Air Station? The Navy might want to test your drinking water

BY JACK HOWLAND
Fort Worth STAR-TELEGRAM (TX)
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

FORT WORTH - The pillowy white foam was known to be an effective suppressant, blanketing raging fires with cooling chemicals. For years, firefighters at Fort Worth’s Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base would spray the foam in a number of emergency and non-emergency situations — from plane crashes, to smaller fires, to training exercises.

But in the early 2000s, the dangers of aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, began to emerge within the medical community. The foam, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, is one of several products that can contain potentially harmful perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The chemicals can seep into the ground, and even contaminate the groundwater.

The U.S. Navy has been grappling with its past as it begins testing drinking water near air stations around the country, according to Tread Kissam, a Navy hydrogeologist. And that means taking a look at Fort Worth’s base.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article235491472.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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