[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Dangerous concentrations of PFAS found in residents’ blood near the U.S. Kawakami Ammunition depot in Hachihonmatsu-cho, Higashihiroshima City, Japan"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dangerous concentrations of PFAS found in residents’ blood near the U.S. Kawakami Ammunition depot in Hachihonmatsu-cho, Higashihiroshima City, Japan
Residents suffer from pancreatic cancer, gall bladder cancer, and diseases of the lungs, colon, uterus, kidneys, thyroid, and large intestines

By Pat Elder 
Military Poisons
March 1, 2026

In Hachihonmatsu-cho, a small community in Higashihiroshima City, Japan,  residents living near the U.S. Army’s Kawakami Ammunition Depot recently learned that their blood contains extraordinarily high concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Laboratory testing of thirteen residents revealed serum concentrations reaching 2,350.8 ng/mL (nanograms per milliliter, or parts per billion) for seven PFAS compounds identified in clinical guidance issued by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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These concentrations were analyzed from the serum of an elderly couple who have lived their entire lives in the shadow of the U.S. military installation. They are suffering from pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer, thyroid disorders, lung disease, colon disease, kidney disease, uterine disease, and other chronic illnesses that peer-reviewed literature has repeatedly associated with elevated PFAS exposure.

People in the village were suffering, and they knew the U.S. Army was poisoning their water. The folks from Hachihonmatsu-cho realized they were in trouble and that help was not on the way, so they came together and organized themselves. They  requested government-funded blood testing, but government officials refused. Government officials told community members that high blood results would “only stir up anxiety.” It was clear they were on their own. Thirteen residents ultimately pooled their own money to hire a private laboratory.
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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/dangerous-concentrations-of-pfas-found-in-residents-blood-near-the-us-kawakami-ammunition-depot-in-hachihonmatsu-cho-higashihiroshima-city-japan

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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
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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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