[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Pentagon Falls Behind on Plan to Replace ‘Forever Chemicals’ at Military Bases"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pentagon Falls Behind on Plan to Replace ‘Forever Chemicals’ at Military Bases 

by Brandi Buchman
Courthouse News Service
September 15, 2020

WASHINGTON - Research into alternatives for the toxic chemicals found in military firefighting foam is underway but no viable option has yet been found and the pandemic has delayed progress, a Defense Department official told House lawmakers Tuesday.

Over $95 million is sunk into research and development for remediating contamination by PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, at hundreds of military bases and other defense operations throughout the U.S.

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On Tuesday, Herb Nelson, director of the Defense Department’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, told members of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness that the Pentagon is currently reviewing at least six projects seeking an alternative firefighting product to replace the one containing PFAS.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.courthousenews.com/pentagon-falls-behind-on-plan-to-replace-forever-chemicals-at-military-bases/

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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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