[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Naval Research Lab in Chesapeake Beach, MD sends high levels of PFAS into the Chesapeake Bay"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Naval Research Lab in Chesapeake Beach, MD sends high levels of PFAS into the Chesapeake Bay
New tests show 6,058 parts per trillion of PFAS are pouring 
into the bay at the southern boundary of the base. 

Navy’s sewer system is a major polluter of the Chesapeake Bay.

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
October 3, 2021

On Tuesday morning, September 21, 2021, a concerned neighbor in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland waded into the choppy waters of the Chesapeake Bay near the southern boundary of the Naval Research Laboratory - Chesapeake Bay Detachment (NRL-CBD) to collect a water sample where a stream from the base empties into the bay.  

A $79 test kit provided by Cyclopure of Skokie, Illinois was used to test the water. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/naval-research-lab-in-chesapeake-beach-md-sends-high-levels-of-pfas-into-the-chesapeake-bay

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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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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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