[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, GLOBAL: "NATO military bases in Germany poison rivers and fish with PFAS"

[Lenny Siegel]

NATO military bases in Germany poison rivers and fish with PFAS
Results from six bases show dangerous contamination.

By Pat Elder 
Military Poisons
October 8, 2024

We figured it wasn’t worth risking our lives to take environmental 
 samples on the Spangdahlem Airbase, so we got as close as the law allowed. 

We took water samples from streams flowing from six active and former NATO military installations from July 26 – July 30, 2024. The results show that the streams and all aquatic life are poisoned with PFAS, likely forever. Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat fish from these regions and neither should anyone else. All wildlife is likely contaminated. 

Per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) have been used in routine firefighting exercises at these six German bases since the 1970s:  Büchel Airbase, Ramstein Airbase, former Bitburg Airbase,  Spangdahlem Airbase, former Rhein-Main Air Base, now Frankfurt Airport, and Weisbaden Army Airfield. The U.S. military allowed the toxins to seep and drain into groundwater and surface water. People are slowly coming to realize the gravity and scale of this environmental crime. The U.S. government is less than forthcoming. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/nato-military-bases-in-germany-poison-rivers-and-fish-with-pfas

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
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