[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Okinawa [Japan] to expand PFAS testing after samples showed high levels near US bases"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Okinawa to expand PFAS testing after samples showed high levels near US bases

By MATTHEW M. BURKE AND KEISHI KOJA  
STARS AND STRIPES 
July 19, 2023

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa prefecture plans to expand its search for PFAS contamination to additional sites after tests in February discovered high levels of “forever chemicals” in groundwater around U.S. military bases, a spokesman said Wednesday.

The Okinawa Environmental Protection Division discovered PFAS chemicals above Japan’s provisional safe drinking water standard in 30 of 44 sites it sampled during the biannual groundwater survey, according to a statement Friday from the division. Japan’s provisional standard is 0.05 micrograms per liter.

Yara Ubuga, a natural spring approximately 2,000 feet from the northern edge of Kadena Air Base, registered the highest levels of a combined PFOS and PFOA mixture, 1.8 micrograms per liter — 36 times the provisional safety standard, according to the division.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-07-19/okinawa-pfas-testing-military-bases-10784021.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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