Other U.S. communities often near military bases or industrial sites did the same when test results were frightening and public pressure, local leadership or state law forced PFAS-laden wells offline or prompted installation of expensive filtering systems, according to Mark White, drinking water...
Size of former U.S. military base 4,255 acres Amount of water that can be treated per year 350 million gallons Project delivery schedule reduced by almost half, original proposed timeline of 10 years was dramatically accelerated 6 years
These so-called “forever chemicals,” dubbed such due to their propensity to linger in the environment, are present in a variety of household products but are most well-known for their presence in aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), used to fight jet fuel fires on military bases and civilian...
House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) is recommending that a massive boost of more than half a billion dollars in the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill be earmarked specifically for the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminating military bases. ...
The National Defense Authorization Act includes several PFAS provisions in Title III, related to DOD operations and maintenance at military bases. AFFF containing PFAS, used for putting out fires, is the subject of several provisions. These include prohibiting the uncontrolled release of AFFF containi...
military bases by nonaqueous large-volume injection HPLC-MS/MS. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47, 5226–5234 (2013). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar D’Agostino, L. A. & Mabury, S. A. Identification of novel fluorinated surfactants in aqueous film forming foams and commercial surfactant ...
PFAS chemicals are one of the primary components of Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which is used to extinguish fuel fires in a number of settings (fire stations, fire training schools, military bases, airports, etc). AFFF works to extinguish fires by creating a thin layer over the fuel...
PFOA has been detected in the blood of more than 98% of the population in the United States, according to theNationalCenter for Biotechnology Information. The chemicals is mainly found in the environment around military bases and manufacturing facilities, where PFOA has seeped into local water supp...
making them a key ingredient in foam that can smother a fire. Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF, or “A-triple-F”) is a highly effective firefighting agent, especially useful for flammable liquid fires. Many airports, military bases and municipal fire departments have fire training areas wh...
In fact, PFAS concentrations at part per billion and part per million levels are found in environmental samples taken near high contamination sites including industrial facilities and military bases. In this work, we demonstrate the application of a biosensor based on human liver fatty acid binding ...