[Military Environmental Forum] PFAS, GLOBAL: Public outcry about pollution from USAF's Aviano base in Italy

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

An Environmental Revolution Takes Hold in Italy
Italian officials suddenly enforce new European PFAS standards, banning the use of contaminated artesian wells

By Pat Elder 
Military Poisons
July 16, 2026

An emotionally charged, high-stakes environmental crisis unfolded in Western Friuli, Italy on July 13, 2026. It culminated in a volatile public meeting in Porcia, Italy, a town located about 7 km from the fire training area at the U.S. Aviano Air Base. Porcia is 90 km north-northeast of Venice. 

The emergency assembly drew over 300 deeply concerned and angry residents.

The public outcry was triggered by severe PFAS contamination suddenly reported in local groundwater. The crowd was furious over delays in transparency, and people demanded immediate accountability. PFAS stands for per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances. There are 40,000  different varieties of PFAS. PFOS and PFOA are types of PFAS. They all move around and injure us in different ways. 

The emergency was set in motion when environmental monitoring conducted by the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection (ARPA FVG) and the Western Friuli Health Authority (ASFO) revealed high concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater. PFAS are synthetic chemical compounds, often called "forever chemicals," known for their persistence in the environment and severe risks to human health

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/an-environmental-revolution-takes-hold-in-italy

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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
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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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