[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "The U.S. Army has contaminated groundwater and surface water at U.S. Army Garrison - Ansbach, Germany"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

The U.S. Army has contaminated groundwater and surface water at U.S. Army Garrison - Ansbach, Germany
PFAS used in firefighting exercises have poisoned the waters. 
It’s not breaking news, but few know about it.

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
September12, 2021

PFAS concentrations in groundwater in Ansbach are 500 times over Bavarian standards. Groundwater Monitoring Site 70 contains a concentration of 35,000 parts per trillion, (ppt).  The American military is poisoning Germany.

The United States military has contaminated groundwater and surface water with PFAS in German communities surrounding bases throughout the country. The U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach, Katterbach Kaserne, Germany provides the clearest indication we have of the specific levels of contamination in the German environment. Unlike other U.S. Army and Air Force installations in Germany, a partially redacted U.S. Army report detailing the contamination was published in April, 2020 by Ansbach city officials who obtained a copy from the Army.  

Since the early 1970’s American military facilities throughout the continent have recklessly used and discarded massive amounts of firefighting foam used during routine fire-training exercises. The foams contain carcinogenic PFAS (per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances) that were allowed to leach into the groundwater and pour into sewer systems that drain into nearby creeks, contaminating the environment, perhaps forever.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/the-us-army-has-contaminated-groundwater-and-surface-water-at-us-army-garrison-ansbach-germany

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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