[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Are military efforts to clean up and replace toxic 'forever chemicals' cutting it? "

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Are military efforts to clean up and replace toxic ‘forever chemicals’ cutting it? 

By Philip Athey
Military Times
September 22, 2020

In April a barbecue near the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, led to the release of 60,000 gallons of the potentially toxic aqueous film-forming foam, known as AFFF.

The firefighting foam contains the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, which often leak into the ground - and once consumed by humans never break down but simply accumulate over time.

The Marine Corps announced that this leak did not pose any health risks and that no drinking water was affected, according to Stars and Stripes.

But PFAS contamination has become a military-wide problem, with more than 700 military installations having either confirmed or suspected cases of contamination, according to the Environmental Working Group.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/09/22/lawmakers-question-dods-efforts-to-clean-up-and-replace-toxic-forever-chemicals/


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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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