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A major source of PFAS contamination is military bases. There are hundreds of U.S. Air Force and Navy installations with fire and crash training sites, where t
by nate_meurer 8y ago
A major source of PFAS contamination is military bases. There are hundreds of U.S. Air Force and Navy installations with fire and crash training sites, where they literally dump thousands of gallons of PFAS-laden fire fighting foam on the ground during exercises. A combination of brain-dead military leadership and intensive lobbying by DuPont, Chemours, and others. The Intercept has done some excellent reporting on this issue:
https://theintercept.com/2018/02/10/firefighting-foam-afff-pfos-pfoa-epa/ https://theintercept.com/2018/02/10/firefighting-foam-afff-p...