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You will find this interesting if you have lived on or near any of the military bases on the PFAS cleanup list.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/12\/11\/here-are-more-than-300-bases-with-possible-toxic-forever-chemical-contamination\/<\/a><\/p>\n From the article:\u00a0 Hundreds of military installations have either known or likely water contamination caused by runoff from firefighting foam used in response to vehicle and aircraft accidents, according to the Environmental Working Group.<\/p>\n Using\u00a0Defense Department<\/a>\u00a0data, the organization built an\u00a0interactive map<\/a>\u00a0of 305 sites, which are found in\u00a0all 50 states<\/a>. Each map dot opens up to information and links on perfluorooctane sulfonate or perfluorooctanoic acid,\u00a0known as PFAS<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOf these sites, 138 have not been previously identified on EWG\u2019s map of known PFAS contamination at military bases, civilian airports and industrial sites,\u201d according to a Tuesday new release. \u201cIn addition, 42 of these sites were not included on a list of 401 locations the Pentagon gave to Congress of active and former installations where PFAS contamination was known or suspected.\u201d – article<\/p>\n There is an interactive map embedded in the article, with locations included.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"