In Greenland: PFAS Results Raise More Questions Than Answers
Pituffik Space Base is likely to be heavily contaminated with PFAS, but the U.S. Department of War refuses to divulge pertinent data. #WorldBEYONDWar
Pituffik Space Base is likely to be heavily contaminated with PFAS, but the U.S. Department of War refuses to divulge pertinent data. #WorldBEYONDWar
It commits only a token amount of funding and focuses narrowly on monitoring stormwater runoff, just one of many pathways of PFAS contamination from military bases. #WorldBEYONDWar
Results from six bases show dangerous contamination. #WorldBEYONDWar
DC event highlights Tamaki as an ally of the peace movement, despite restraints. #WorldBEYONDWar
An updated report on the jet fuel leak in Hawaii. #WorldBEYONDWar
Raising awareness on the diseases firefighters and soldiers are exposed to. #WorldBEYONDWar
On June 10, 2021, 2,400 liters of “firefighting water” containing PFAS (per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances) were accidentally released from the U.S. Army Oil Storage Facility in Uruma City and other nearby locations, according to Ryukyu Shimpo an Okinawan news agency.
Practice exercises using fire fighting foam are to blame. Navy says it discontinued the practice in the 1990’s.
Maryland Department of the Environment’s conclusion about PFAS poisoning from military bases over-reaches the reasonable findings based on the actual data collected and falls short of acceptable scientific and industry standards on several fronts.