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2. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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   Of these, 90 bases reported PFAS contamination that had spread to drinking water or groundwater off the base. [137] In 2022, a report by the Pentagon acknowledged that approximately 175,000 U.S. military personnel at two dozen American military facilities drank water contaminated by PFAS that exceeded the U.S. EPA limit.

3. New study highlights PFAS pollution from Joint Base Cape Cod ...

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   Even very low levels of PFAS contamination have been linked to immune system deficiencies, increased risk of cancer, poor fetal development and reduced vaccine effectiveness, Hayes said. JBCC ...

4. Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

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   Early 2018 Department of Health & Human Services's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) was about to publish its assessment of PFAS chemicals, with a focus on two specific chemicals from the PFAS class—PFOA and PFOS—that have "contaminated water supplies near military bases, chemical plants and other sites from New York ...

5. A 'forever chemical' poisons drinking water near military bases

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   Communities nationwide have found levels of PFAS in their water hundreds, sometimes thousands, of times higher than the level recommended by the EPA. A 'forever chemical' poisons drinking water ...

6. Cannon reports improper handling of PFAS - AOL

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   The Air Force began notifying public agencies about possible PFAS contamination at Cannon in 2018. ... Those who live near the base can have their blood tested for PFAS by calling 575-575-7327 to ...

7. Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton - Wikipedia

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   As of June 2021, the Department of the Navy admitted on-site groundwater and soil contamination with PFAS and was "undertaking a comprehensive strategy to address releases of PFAS from Navy facilities like NWIRP", [10] but denied responsibility for off-site groundwater pollution. When PFAs detected in 15% of the private residential wells south ...

8. PFAS rule cut is out, as of now, but you never know at ... - AOL

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   Grissom Air Force Base. Very high levels of several different PFAS chemicals have been detected in the groundwater in recent years on the Grissom base, roughly 75 miles north of Indianapolis. The ...

9. Air Force: 7,000 gallons of PFAS-contaminated water released ...

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   Aug. 30—Tears in a retention pond lining at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis were discovered this month following a July leak of water contaminated with PFAS. Drinking water wells at the base ...