[CPEO-MEF] FUEL, PFAS: "The Air Force contaminates Piscataway Creek, " MD

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Jet Fuel, PFAS, and the silence of Washington
The Air Force contaminates Piscataway Creek 

By Pat Elder 
Military Poisons
April 18, 2026

From January to March, 2026, Joint Base Andrews released 32,000 gallons of jet fuel from a faulty refueling system.  It hid the leaks from the public until the odor and the oily sheen on the water demanded attention.

Much of the fuel flowed into Piscataway Creek, well-known for its toxic levels of PFAS from fire training areas originating from the home of Air Force One. Joint Base Andrews is located 8 miles south of Washington in Prince George’s County, Maryland.  

The Air Force said the leaks contained a total of 22,000 gallons.  They told the state they recovered 10,000 gallons of fuel before it reached the creek.

Maryland Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain released a farcical statement, “While Maryland values its deep ties to federal defense installations across the state, contaminating Maryland’s land and water is unacceptable.” 

The track record of the Maryland Department of the Environment shows that criminal environmental behavior by the military is entirely acceptable.  Let’s examine lessons we’ve learned before analyzing the spill du jour. 


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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/jet-fuel-pfas-and-the-silence-of-washington

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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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