[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Air Force to release treated PFAS water from western Tokyo [Japan] base"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force to release treated PFAS water from western Tokyo base, city says 

By HANA KUSUMOTO AND SETH ROBSON 
STARS AND STRIPES 
April 21, 2025

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air Force plans to discharge treated water containing reduced levels of PFAS — a contaminant found in firefighting foam — into storm drains near its airlift hub in western Tokyo, Japanese officials said. 

The plan was announced Thursday in a news release from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, citing information from Japan’s Ministry of Defense. 

In August, a short burst of heavy rain caused approximately 12,640 gallons of water to overflow from a fire training area at Yokota and onto an asphalt surface and eventually into stormwater drains. The water likely contained residual amounts of aqueous film forming foam, base officials said. 

The firefighting foam contained PFAS, a class of chemicals with suspected toxic properties. U.S. Forces Japan announced in November that the U.S. military had destroyed its last supplies of toxic firefighting foam at installations in the country.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2025-04-21/pfas-yokota-air-base-japan-17531278.html

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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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