[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Maryland "Acknowledges 'Massive Contamination' in Chesapeake Beach"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

State Acknowledges “Massive Contamination” in Chesapeake Beach, MD
PFAS levels in the soil may be the highest in the world at the Navy’s fire training facility.
Online Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting alarms residents

Mark Mank, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) acknowledged “massive contamination” caused by the military’s use of PFAS at the Naval Research Lab - Chesapeake Bay Detachment in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland during the Navy’s RAB meeting on May 18, 2021.

Mank responded to a question asking if  there is anywhere on earth with higher levels than the 7,950,000 parts per trillion (ppt) of PFOS found in the soil in Chesapeake Beach. Mank did not specifically address the question but responded by saying levels in Chesapeake Beach are “significantly elevated.”  He said that residents have reasons to be concerned. "We will continue to press the Navy. Stay tuned, more will follow," he said. 

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The recognition by the state sounds promising, although the rhetoric doesn’t match MDE’s abysmal record.  Until now, the MDE and the Maryland Department of Health have been the Navy’s biggest cheerleaders by refusing to to acknowledge the threat to public health posed by the Navy’s indiscriminate and continued use of these chemicals on its bases in the state. Developments in Maryland mirror the way this issue is being played out in states across the country where increasing public concerns have led state agencies to direct public anger toward the DOD. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/state-acknowledges-massive-contamination-in-chesapeake-beach-md

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Lenny Siegel
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