[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Environmentalists say incinerating a vast stockpile of firefighting foam containing harmful PFAS is putting communities at risk"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pentagon causing toxic pollution by burning foam, campaigners say
Environmentalists say incinerating a vast stockpile of firefighting foam containing harmful PFAS is putting communities at risk

Daniel Ross
The Guardian
January 20, 2020

The Department of Defense is polluting the environment with toxic chemicals by continuing to incinerate a vast stockpile of firefighting foam in a move environmentalists say is in breach of new regulations.

In a letter sent last week to the secretary of defense, Mark Esper, several environmental organizations argue the defense department is already out of compliance with new provisions regulating the disposal of the material and insist that it “immediately cease” incineration of the foam – called AFFF – which puts communities at risk.

AFFF is laced with toxic chemicals called PFOS and PFOA, two compounds belonging to a larger family of potentially toxic chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

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For the entire article, see
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/20/defence-department-toxic-pollution-pfas-foam

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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