Thursday 23 June 2022 11:03 PM High levels' of toxic forever chemicals found in drinking water of communities ... trends now
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Toxic 'forever chemicals' have been detected at 'dangerously high levels' in the drinking water of communities near US Department of Defense (DoD) installations, reveals a new report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
Several types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are chemicals used in products that resists heat, oil and grease, were detected in drinking water in areas near military bases.
Most of the forever chemicals stem from the use of firefighting foam on the installations.
Environmental Working Group (EWG) analyst Policy Analyst Jared Hayes told DailyMail.com in a phone interview: 'We were just going through the data in the past week or so... PFOA and PFOF are showing up in thousands parts per trillion on some bases.
An OSD PA Deputy Officer told DailyMail.com in an email that the Department is well aware of this data.
'Since 2016, DoD has sampled and taken action at locations where DoD is the source
