[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Military moves to clean chemicals out of well water on Camp Pendleton, " CA

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military moves to clean chemicals out of well water on Camp Pendleton

By Andrew Dyer and Matthew Bowler 
KPBS (San Diego, CA)
June 7, 2023

Officials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton are bringing two new water filtration facilities online by the end of the year to address so-called "forever chemicals" in base drinking water.

Per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances, or "PFAS," are a family of man-made compounds used for more than 70 years in all manner of consumer products. Non-stick cookware, stain-wicking clothing and even fast food wrappers are just some of the many items in everyday use worldwide containing the compounds.

They're also present in the aqueous film forming foam used in firefighting, which has contributed to PFAS contamination at military bases, including Camp Pendleton.

But the source of the PFAS in the base's drinking water isn't suspected to be from military activities, according to a base official.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2023/06/07/military-clean-pfas-chemicals-well-water-camp-pendleton

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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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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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