Okinawa report says PFAS could affect groundwater around US Marine base for decades

By Stars and Stripes | Keishi Koja | June 17, 2024

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"Okinawa prefecture is still seeking the “origin of forever chemicals” after high PFAS levels were detected in groundwater around a Marine base on Okinawa, according to a recent government report.

The prefecture’s Environmental Protection Division discovered PFAS above Japan’s provisional safe drinking water standard in 19 of 37 sites it sampled around Marine Corps Air Station Futenma between August and January, according to an annual report released by the division in April.

Japan’s provisional standard is 0.05 micrograms per liter." 

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