Fairchild Air Force Base (4 waste areas) McChord Air Force Base Contamination: The Facts.As early as WWII, United States Air Force and other Military bases used and disposed of chemical degreasers and other toxic substances that were later determined to contaminate drinking water and pose multipl...
DENVER (AP)- Colorado health officials said it's highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base. The state Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday it hasn't ruled out addit...
Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military baseBy DAN ELLIOTT
”In fact, the original study of water contamination levels was completed in 2015, but withheld from the public until moved by a bipartisan bill in Congress last March. Sure, this might stink for the government who has been unknowingly (hopefully) poisoning its military-base residents and ...
‘Forever chemicals’ found in groundwater near military bases FILE - In this June 7, 2018, file photo, PFAS foam gathers at the the Van Etten Creek dam in Oscoda Township, Mich., near Wurtsmith Air Force Base., High levels of toxic, widely used “forever chemicals” or PFAS, an ...
“In one of the largest water contamination cases in U.S. history, up to 1 million people who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 may have been exposed to a drinking water supply contaminated with chemicals that have been linked to severe health problems, including cancers and...
Addressing PFAS contamination from its bases in general, the statement said that no one is consuming drinking water with PFOS or PFOA concentrations above the EPA’s health advisory levels where the Air Force is the known source, and that the branch “takes swift action to address drinking water...
In this June 7, 2018, file photo, PFAS foam gathers at the the Van Etten Creek dam in Oscoda Township, Mich., near Wurtsmith Air Force Base.Jake May / AP "If you are relying on well water and are near one of these bases where PFAS has been confirmed in the groundwater, you shoul...
The US military is testing a method of destroying compounds known as “forever chemicals” by mixing water and hot air under pressure. The tests will be carried out in contaminated groundwater on two Air Force bases and a Navy base as part of a wider search for technologies that can ...
Environmental Contamination and Remediation Practices at Former and Present Military Bases outlines the different strategies that are useful in the investigation and subsequent remediation of military bases, Particular attention is paid to the pollution of groundwater. The book contains an excellent review ...