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Maryland

elleng

(140,325 posts)

4. DAMN! 30 miles away, north.

Reply to whathehell (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 20, 2022, 06:51 PM

Jun 2022

Guess I won't drink the water.

May 20, 2021

acknowledged “massive contamination” caused by the military’s use of PFAS at the Naval Research Lab - Chesapeake Bay Detachment in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

PFAS are per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances. They are used in the fire-fighting foams in routine fire-training exercises on base and have been used on the facility since 1968, longer than anywhere in the world. The chemicals have severely contaminated the soil, groundwater, and surface water in the region. PFAS in the tiniest amounts are linked to fetal abnormalities, childhood diseases, and a host of cancers.