[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "The Army shows no progress on cleaning up PFAS in Hawai’i"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Army shows no progress on cleaning up PFAS in Hawai’i
CERCLA Has Become a Procedural Stumbling Block

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
February 17, 2026

For decades, the U.S. Army and the Hawaii Army National Guard have used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across many, if not all of the active Army installations and 4 Hawai’i Army National Guard bases across the state. The Army has failed to adequately track, report, or clean up toxic PFAS releases into the environment. 

These “forever chemicals,” linked to cancer, immune dysfunction, and developmental harm, persist in soil, water, air, and living organisms long after their use has ended.

This investigative series documents the military’s PFAS use and disposal practices in Hawaiʻi, and the striking gaps in its own reporting. It reveals a pattern of narrow inquiries, selective testing, and disposal strategies that move contamination offsite, only to plague communities elsewhere..


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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/the-army-shows-no-progress-on-cleaning-up-pfas-in-hawaii

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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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