[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "At least 14 sites at Camp Lejeune [NC] are likely to be contaminated with PFAS"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

At least 14 sites at Camp Lejeune are likely to be contaminated with PFAS

By Lisa Sorg  
Progressive Pulse/NC Policy Watch (NC)
January 14, 2021  

Like most military bases, Camp Lejeune is a toxic mess.

It is one of 130 current or former military installations on the EPA’s Superfund list that are contaminated with dozens, if not hundreds of pollutants. That list now includes perfluorinated compounds — PFAS.

According to Camp Lejeune’s most recent five-year Superfund review, conducted by the EPA, there are at least 14 sites on base that are likely to have PFAS contamination. These include a firefighting training pit where groundwater levels have been detected at 500 times the EPA’s health advisory goal for drinking water.

However, it could be at least five years — Dec. 31, 2025 — before the Defense Department plans to have completed its evaluation of risks and exposures presented by PFAS contamination. A cleanup will likely take decades.

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For the entire article, see
https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/01/14/at-least-14-sites-at-camp-lejeune-are-likely-to-be-contaminated-with-pfas/

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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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