<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">News Release<br class="">Environmental Working Group<br class="">October 11, 2023<br class=""><br class="">DOD: PFAS plumes in the 'proximity' of drinking water supplies<br class=""><br class="">WASHINGTON – Underground plumes of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS flowing from Department of Defense installations are “in the proximity” of nearby drinking water supplies, according to a DOD report. <br class=""><br class="">The report, required by Congress, found plumes of PFAS flowing from 245 of 275 DOD installations were close to groundwater aquifers that are used as primary or secondary drinking water sources. <br class=""><br class="">To conduct the report, officials used DOD and Environmental Protection Agency data to determine whether military bases with PFAS contamination were “in the proximity” of community drinking water wells, intakes, sole source aquifers and private domestic wells. <br class=""><br class="">…<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">For the entire release, see<br class=""><a href="https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2023/10/dod-pfas-plumes-proximity-drinking-water-supplies" class="">https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2023/10/dod-pfas-plumes-proximity-drinking-water-supplies</a><br class=""><br class="">To download the Defense Department report, go to <br class=""><a href="https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/eer/ecc/pfas/docs/reports/Briefing-on-PFAS-in-Groundwater.pdf" class="">https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/eer/ecc/pfas/docs/reports/Briefing-on-PFAS-in-Groundwater.pdf</a><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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