From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:50:50 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "USAG Ansbach [Germany]starts PFAS remediation facility to extract toxins from groundwater" |
News Release U.S. Army October 24, 2024 USAG Ansbach starts PFAS remediation facility to extract toxins from groundwater By Gerlinde Hoyle ANSBACH, Germany – U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach officially started operating its state-of-the-art pump and treat facility to remove contaminated ground water at the Katterbach airfield during a ceremonial event Oct. 15. Contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances , or PFAS, was first detected at the Katterbach Kaserne in 2014. ... USAG Ansbach stopped using Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) in firefighting training in the year 2000. It was discontinued completely at USAG Ansbach in 2011 in compliance with European Union regulations. PFAS has not been detected in Katterbach Kaserne’s drinking water, which is managed by the city of Ansbach. … For the entire release, see https://www.army.mil/article/280804/usag_ansbach_starts_pfas_remediation_facility_to_extract_toxins_from_groundwater — 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 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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