[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Chesapeake Bay fish"

[Lenny Siegel]

‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Chesapeake Bay fish

By Jared Hayes
Environmental Working Group
AUGUST 11, 2021

The groundwater of at least nine military installations close to the Chesapeake Bay is contaminated with high levels of the toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to Department of Defense records obtained by EWG. 

The chemicals have seeped into the bay, adversely affecting its wildlife, and potentially harming residents’ food supply and livelihoods. The contamination underscores the need for swift DOD cleanup, which used these chemicals in firefighting foams for decades and knew of their harms.

The DOD records reveal dangerous levels of PFAS including the notorious chemicals PFOA and PFOS, ranging from 0.8 parts per trillion, or ppt, to 2,200,000 ppt, in the water at these installations, which include:

	• Aberdeen Proving Ground
	• Blossom Point
	• Fort Eustis
	• Langley Air Force Base
	• Martin State, Air National Guard Base
	• Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
	• Patuxent River Naval Air Station
	• U.S. Naval Academy
	• U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Chesapeake Bay Detachment

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For the entire report, see
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2021/08/forever-chemicals-contamination-defense-department-sites-threatens

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel at cpeo.org
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