[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Defense Department groundwater plumes "in the 'proximity' of drinking water supplies"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Environmental Working Group
October 11, 2023

DOD: PFAS plumes in the 'proximity' of drinking water supplies

WASHINGTON – Underground plumes of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS flowing from Department of Defense installations are “in the proximity” of nearby drinking water supplies, according to a DOD report. 

The report, required by Congress, found plumes of PFAS flowing from 245 of 275 DOD installations were close to groundwater aquifers that are used as primary or secondary drinking water sources. 

To conduct the report, officials used DOD and Environmental Protection Agency data to determine whether military bases with PFAS contamination were “in the proximity” of community drinking water wells, intakes, sole source aquifers and private domestic wells. 

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For the entire release, see
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2023/10/dod-pfas-plumes-proximity-drinking-water-supplies

To download the Defense Department report, go to 
https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/eer/ecc/pfas/docs/reports/Briefing-on-PFAS-in-Groundwater.pdf

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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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http://www.cpeo.org

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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