[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Pentagon to request continued use of AFFF

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pentagon Likely to Continue Using PFAS-Based Firefighting Foam for 2 More Years, Watchdog Says

By  Patricia Kime
Military.com
July 16, 2024 

The Pentagon is expected to request an extension to an Oct. 1 deadline set by Congress to stop using firefighting foam that contains hazardous "forever chemicals" at more than 1,500 facilities and in thousands of vehicles and portable equipment worldwide, according to a new report.

The Department of Defense announced last September that after nearly a decade of research it had finally identified a fluorine-free foam that met its needs for replacing its current firefighting foam, known as aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF, which contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS.

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, however, the transition to the fluorine-free foam will not occur this year; instead, the DoD likely will ask for an extension through 2026 to make the switch.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/07/16/defense-department-expected-request-2-year-extension-firefighting-foam-containing-forever-chemicals.html

The GAO report may be found at https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-107322

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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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