The PFAS acts as a surfactant, helping the material spread more quickly. By the 1970s, every military base, Navy ship, civilian airport, and fire station regularly used AFFF. Congressional ...

Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing the potential health hazards posed by PFAS, a group of man-made chemicals known for lingering in the environment and in the human body.

HUGE AMOUNTS SPENT IN U.S. PFAS contamination has been found in other communities near U.S. military bases as well. In July 2023, the U.S. military acknowledged three incidents between 2010 and ...

High levels of chemicals used in firefighting foam have been detected near a U.S. Air Force base in northeastern Japan, officials announced Wednesday. PFAS ... that the U.S. military had ...