[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "Air Force base in Tokyo [Japan] holds vastly more PFAS-tainted water than previously disclosed"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force base in Tokyo holds vastly more PFAS-tainted water than previously disclosed 

By SETH ROBSON AND HANA KUSUMOTO 
STARS AND STRIPES 
May 15, 2025

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The U.S. Air Force is storing about 400,000 gallons of contaminated water at this airlift hub in western Tokyo — significantly more than previously disclosed — and plans to treat and release it, Japan’s Ministry of Defense said Wednesday. 

The water, tainted with PFOS and PFOA — toxic components found in firefighting foam — is being held in a reservoir and at a fire training facility on the base, the ministry said in a news release that summarized information provided by U.S. officials at Yokota. 

The U.S. Department of Defense had previously disclosed the presence of much smaller volumes of contaminated water on the base. 

In October, Capt. Emma Quirk, spokeswoman for Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing, said a burst of heavy rain on Aug. 30 caused about 12,640 gallons of water to overflow from the fire training area onto an asphalt surface and into a stormwater drainage system.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2025-05-15/yokota-pfas-air-force-base-japan-17795894.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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