[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Joint Base Andrews Contaminates Maryland Rivers and Creeks..."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Joint Base Andrews Contaminates Maryland Rivers and Creeks with PFAS Chemicals
 
By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
October 20, 2020

The Air Force has contaminated the groundwater at Joint Base Andrews with 39,700 parts per trillion of PFAS chemicals according to a report released by the Air Force in May, 2018.  This is not exactly “Breaking News” although few know about it.

The base pollutes the Patuxent and Potomac rivers.  Groundwater from numerous sites on base where PFAS-laden foams were used move east toward the Patuxent as well as west toward the Potomac. Meanwhile, surface water from the base travels to Piscataway Creek, Cabin Branch Creek, Henson Creek, and Meetinghouse Branch, emptying waters to both rivers.   Andrews, the “Home of Air Force 1” is the only base in the state known to poison both the Patuxent and the Potomac.

PFAS may travel for miles. It contaminates fish and sickens people who consume it.  

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/jb-andrews-contaminates-maryland.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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