[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Defense Department releases data

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

High levels of ‘forever chemicals’ detected in Dept. of Defense community drinking water

WASHINGTON – Dangerously high levels of the toxic forever chemicals known as PFAS have been detected in the drinking water of communities near Department of Defense installations. 

Data released last week by the DOD found high levels of PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS and other PFAS in the areas near military bases in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Washington.

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PFAS have been confirmed in the groundwater of nearly 400 military installations and are suspected to be present at hundreds of other installations. Pentagon officials understood the risks posed by PFAS for decades but failed to warn service members or their neighbors. 

It is promising that the DOD is beginning to make data available because greater transparency is critically important for impacted communities.

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For the entire blog, see
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2022/05/high-levels-forever-chemicals-detected-dept-defense-community

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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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