[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "US military denies report about possible contaminated water at air base in Tokyo , " Japan

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

US military denies report about possible contaminated water at air base in Tokyo 

By SETH ROBSON AND HANA KUSUMOTO 
STARS AND STRIPES 
June 12, 2024 

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. Forces Japan pushed back on claims in local media of possible water contamination at its home base in western Tokyo as “inaccurate” and “regrettable.” 

A June 9 report by the Tokyo Shimbun, citing unnamed Japanese officials, said the Air Force might stop using wells on Yokota because they may not meet new American drinking water standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new regulations in April that set maximum contaminant levels of 4 parts per trillion for two PFAS compounds, PFOA and PFOS. 

Its previous standard, set in 2016, was 70 parts per trillion. U.S. water utility systems have five years to comply with the new maximum contaminant levels, according to the EPA in April. Yokota officials did not respond to a question emailed Tuesday about the level of PFAS in base drinking water.

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-06-12/us-military-report-contaminated-water-base-tokyo-14156050.html
Source - Stars and Stripes

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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-06-12/us-military-report-contaminated-water-base-tokyo-14156050.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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