These 90 Army posts have contaminated drinking water
▻https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/09/11/these-90-army-posts-have-contaminated-drinking-water
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Exposure to the chemicals ― found in firefighting foam used not only in vehicle or aircraft incidents on military bases, but in numerous training drills over decades ― has been linked to #cancer and other health issues.
Though the Army is following #EPA regulations, according to the EWG, their 70 ppt guideline is “70 times higher than the 1 ppt safe level found by some independent studies and endorsed by EWG,” according to the organization’s release. “Some states have set limits ranging from 11 ppt to 20 ppt.”
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“ The Pentagon has cited EPA’s failure to designate PFAS as ‘hazardous substances’ under the federal Superfund law as one reason for its refusal to clean up #PFAS contamination,” according to the release.
#Substances_alkylées_per_et_polyfluorées #forever_chemicals #eau #Agences_de_dérégulation #pentagone #toxiques #santé #carcinogènes #états-unis
#leadership