[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Hunter Army Airfield, GA

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Do drinking water wells near Hunter Army Airfield show PFAS contamination?

By Jillian Magtoto
Savannah Morning News (GA)
December 4, 2025

In 2022, an assessment commissioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) confirmed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exceeded the Office of Secretary of Defense's risk screening levels in 12 of 14 areas of concern at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield (HAAF) in Savannah, Ga.

Known as "forever chemicals," PFAS are often manufactured to help products resist chemical and thermal breakdown. Since the 1940s, they have been added to fire-fighting foams to spread the substance quickly over surfaces, suppressing oxygen faster than simply dumping water onto a fire.

But the super-spreading chemical can also slip through cracks and seep into soils, exposing workers and contaminating drinking water that can disrupt immune, endocrine, nervous and other systems. One 2023 National Cancer Institute study found that at Air Force bases with high levels of PFAS contamination, military firefighters carried increased risk of developing testicular tumors.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/environment/2025/12/04/drinking-water-wells-near-hunter-army-airfield-not-contaminated-with-pfas-the-u-s-army-states/86587350007/

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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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