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15 sie 2023 · More than 700 military installations are likely contaminated with the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to an updated comprehensive review of Defense Department records by the Environmental Working Group.
As of spring 2022, the department is providing alternative water or filtration for private or public systems outside of 53 military installations. PFAS contamination at DOD sites is caused mostly by the use of firefighting foam made with PFAS.
More than 700 U.S. military sites are known or likely to have discharged toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, typically from the use of PFAS-based firefighting foam, according to Defense Department data compiled and mapped by EWG.
6 kwi 2020 · There are nearly 700 military installations with either confirmed or suspected ground water contamination caused by fire-fighting foam using in vehicle and aircraft mishaps, according to new...
15 cze 2022 · The warning ramps up the urgency of the potential widespread contamination the Pentagon is grappling with at 700 active bases, National Guard facilities, shuttered installations and other...
23 cze 2022 · It showed that 67 sites across the state had at least detectable PFAS. The study was conducted from May 2019 to May 2021, with environmental samples from all 279 public water systems, which included several schools and daycares with their own treatment systems.
23 sie 2023 · The advocacy organization said in a news release the Defense Department has identified 58 additional sites with confirmed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) detections in drinking water and groundwater for a total of 455 sites where the chemicals have been detected.
