According to information gathered from the Department of Defense by an environmental advocacy group, the number of Military bases with known or suspected PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) contamination continues to increase.
An article published by Military.com stated, “According to a report released Thursday by the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group (EWG), 678 installations are either contaminated or had suspect discharges of PFAS compounds used in firefighting foams. The DoD had previously identified 651 active or former military bases where perfluorooctane sulfonate or perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as PFOS and PFOA, may have been used or released in a report from the Pentagon’s PFAS Task Force released Feb. 13.”
These chemicals (which typically come from industrial sites that manufacture products such as non-stick cookware) have contaminated various areas and communities across the country. However, EWG found that the highest levels of the chemicals were found near or on military bases where firefighting foams containing said chemicals have been used for decades.
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