[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Concentrations of PFAS in groundwater at Fort Ord [CA] are more than 20, 000 times over EPA limit"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Concentrations of PFAS in groundwater at Fort Ord are more than 20,000 times over EPA limit
Who knew? Who cares?

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
November 17, 2022

Army report says eight hangars had suppression systems like these. There was an accidental discharge of foam from the fire suppression system in one hangar which resulted in more than five feet of foam covering the floor of the hangar. 

 In early November, 2022 the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced it would be launching a new study to examine why so many veterans stationed at Fort Ord, California have died prematurely and many more have suffered serious illnesses. An ATSDR report in 1996 dismissed the health concerns associated with contamination on the base. Like hundreds of US military installations throughout the country and around the world, Fort Ord, an Army base that was shut down in 1994, is dangerously contaminated with a host of toxins that may continue to threaten public health. 

The announcement by the federal agency comes nine months after an impressive investigation by the Associated Press, (AP), that found drinking water at the poisoned outpost contained a host of deadly chemicals, most notably cancer-causing trichloroethylene, (TCE). 

Although the AP investigation detailed multiple Army reports, it neglected to cover the Army’s Basewide Review on Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), prepared by Ahtna Environmental on February 27, 2020.

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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