[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "U.S. Claims Immunity in Some PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuits Over Use of AFFF Foam on Military Bases"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Claims Immunity in Some PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuits Over Use of AFFF Foam on Military Bases
The U.S. military argues that it is immune to PFAS water contamination lawsuits linked to its bases, because the use of toxic firefighting foam did not violate government policies.


By Irvin Jackson
About Lawsuits
February 28, 2024

The U.S. government has asked a federal judge to dismiss more than two dozen water contamination lawsuits brought by several farms and the state of New Mexico, over toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contained in firefighting foam used on military bases, arguing that the government is immune to those specific complaints under federal law.

In recent years, individuals, municipalities and states throughout the U.S. have filed firefighting foam lawsuits against DuPont, Chemguard, Inc., 3M Company and other companies involved in the sale of fire safety products that contained toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which have been widely used by the U.S. military and local fire departments, to combat fuel-based fires. Some claims have also been filed against the U.S. government and military, for its use of PFAS-laden aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) on its military bases, which has caused water contamination in surrounding areas.

Lawsuits allege that the companies and the military ignored the risk that run off from AFFF used during training and response exercises may contaminated water supplies with toxic chemicals, which are known to build up and persist in the environment, increasing the risk of cancer and other serious health problems.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/us-immunity-pfas-water-contamination-lawsuits/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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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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