[Military Environmental Forum] PFAS: Pituffik Space Base, Greenland

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pituffik Space Base, Greenland 
PFAS Results Raise More Questions Than Answers

By Pat Elder 
Military Poisons
July 4, 2026

When the Danish newspaper Politiken reported on July 1, 2026, that groundwater at the U.S. Pituffik Space Base in Greenland contained 1,100 parts per trillion (ng/L) of PFOS, the finding immediately attracted international attention. The concentration greatly exceeds current European drinking water standards and adds to growing alarm over PFAS contamination at former and active U.S. military installations worldwide.
1,100 parts per trillion of PFOS? What exactly does the reported number represent? Searching for the answer provides insight into the U.S. military’s sloppy culture of non-disclosure in Greenland and around the world.  

Based on the results, the public cannot determine:
    • the exact sampling location,
    • whether the sample came from a drinking water well or a monitoring well,
    • the depth of the well,
    • the screened interval,
    • whether the water was collected before or after treatment,

‍ Without this information, we don’t have a clue. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/pituffik-space-base-greenland-

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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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