Environmentalists Charge DOD Downplayed PFAS Exposure Risks

A new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis of a Defense Department (DOD) assessment of the potential health risks to military personnel from exposure to PFAS at military bases concludes the Pentagon undercounted those exposed to the chemicals and failed to consider all possible health effects. DOD “may be underestimating by hundreds of thousands the number of people at military installations drinking water contaminated with the ‘forever chemicals’ known as” per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), says EWG in releasing its report today...