[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Okinawa adds checkpoints near Marine base to pinpoint source of PFAS found in wells"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

> Okinawa adds checkpoints near Marine base to pinpoint source of PFAS found in wells


> By Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja
Stars and Stripes
August 1, 2024

> MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa — Okinawa added four more checkpoints outside this U.S. base in its hunt for the source of PFAS in nearby wells, the prefecture announced in a meeting Wednesday.
> 
> The prefecture began digging the checkpoints last week between MCAS Futenma and wells registering high levels of PFAS contamination, a spokesman for the prefecture’s Environmental Protection Division said by phone Thursday. The prefecture announced the additional checkpoints at a meeting of PFAS experts on Wednesday in Naha.
> 
> The checkpoints — part of a three-year project to find the source of PFAS contamination in the affected wells — may be finished in August or September, the spokesman said. Eight checkpoints — four per year — were dug in 2022 and 2023, he added.

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For the entire article, see
> https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-01/marine-corps-okinawa-pfas-wells-14688719.html
> 

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