[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Water district sues military at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lakewood water company sues Defense Department for costs related to contamination

BY ABBIE SHULL
Tacoma News-Tribune (WA)
JULY 21, 2020

Lakewood Water District is suing the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the Air Force and the Army as well as 13 manufacturers, including 3M and DuPont, of firefighting foam used on Joint Base Lewis-McChord that leaked into the groundwater supply.

The district said it will spend over $377 million in the next 50 years for water-quality protection projects because the foam contains Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have potentially adverse affects on people’s health and the environment. 

PFAS are referred to as “forever chemicals” by the Environmental Protection Agency because they don’t break down naturally in the environment. The C-8 Medical Monitoring Program, created as part of a settlement against DuPont over water contamination in West Virginia, found a probable link between PFOA - part of the PFAS family - and pregnancy-induced hypertension, kidney disease, tesiticular cancer, thyroid disease and high cholesterol.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/military/article244357167.html

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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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