Congress must direct DoD to quickly confirm the presence of PFAS at hundreds of bases and with a sense of urgency clean up legacy PFAS pollution now — not in 30 years as DoD has proposed.
Groups want widespread testing, monitoring and cleanup of PFAS chemicals, which have leached into the ground and drinking water supplies in some communities.
The Navy is trying to hold off a lawsuit brought by civilians who live near two of its bases, alleging that their drinking water is contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals.