2018 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 22:37:52 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "DoD: At least 126 bases report water contaminants linked to cancer, birth defects"
 
DoD: At least 126 bases report water contaminants linked to cancer, birth defects

By Tara Copp 
Military Times
April 26, 2018

The water at or around 126 military installations contains potentially harmful levels of perfluorinated compounds, which have been linked to cancers and developmental delays for fetuses and infants, the Pentagon has found. 

In a March report provided to the House Armed Services Committee, the Pentagon for the first time publicly listed the full scope of the known contamination. The Defense Department identified 401 active and Base Closure and Realignment installations in the United States with at least one area where there was a known or suspected release of perfluorinated compounds.

These included 36 sites with drinking water contamination on-base, and more than 90 sites that reported either on-base or off-base drinking water or groundwater contamination., in which the water source tested above the Environmental Protection Agency’s acceptable levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate or perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as PFOS and PFOAs.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/26/dod-126-bases-report-water-contaminants-harmful-to-infant-development-tied-to-cancers/

Note the link to the full DOD report, including the list of installations.

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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