[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "DoD to Expand Investigation, Cleanup of 'Forever Chemicals' in Response to New EPA Standards"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

DoD to Expand Investigation, Cleanup of 'Forever Chemicals' in Response to New EPA Standards

By  Patricia Kime
Military.com
April 11, 2024 

The Department of Defense will expand its investigation into the prevalence of "forever chemicals" in base drinking water systems and neighboring water supplies following the Environmental Protection Agency's publication of stricter standards for the synthetic substances.

The EPA announced Wednesday new national limits for six types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in drinking water supplies. Many of these chemicals have been used extensively on military installations in firefighting foams, industrial solvents, non-stick coatings and other products, causing widespread contamination of groundwater, soil and adjacent communities.

Since 2016, the Defense Department has conducted assessments or investigated the use of PFAS and related contamination at 715 active and former military installations, National Guard facilities and other closed defense sites.

As of December, the DoD had completed assessments of 707 installations, finding that 574 needed to proceed to the next step of the cleanup process, while no further action was required at 133 installations.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/11/dod-expand-investigation-cleanup-of-forever-chemicals-response-new-epa-standards.html

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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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