News4JAX notified her Monday that her oasis could be contaminated from decades of PFAS use at the base nearby. “I love the nature, all the birds,” she said, admiring her property and garden off Collins Road. It’s a big concern for Ilona Tongel, who lives just outside the southern limits of NAS Jacksonville. (Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.) Ilona Tongel lives just outside the southern limits of NAS Jacksonville. These foams have entered into drinking water and groundwater on the bases and in surrounding areas and communities.” The military is seen as one of the worst offenders for PFAS leakage into drinking water.Īccording to the Environmental Working Group, “for more than 50 years, the Department of Defense has used aqueous film forming foams, or AFFF, made with the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, on military bases to extinguish fires and in training exercises. The list includes Naval Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Whitehouse Navy Outlying Field, Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Jacksonville International Airport and Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. The report estimates there are more than 700 properties with the problem in total.

The list includes 245 military bases and government facilities across the United States found to have contaminated drinking water in nearby communities. MORE: Interactive Map from Environmental Working GroupĪnd that, experts say, could cause health issues like certain cancers, liver damage, and neurodevelopmental problems. “Once products containing PFAS are made, these chemicals just accumulate in the environment everywhere, they end up in our water supply, they end up in our food, and they end up in us,” said Consumer Reports investigative reporter Lauren Kirchner. The chemicals are found in everything from airplanes to pots and pans and plastic bottles, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It’s focused on PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, which are used to make products water-, stain-, or grease-resistant. The report titled Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Groundwater was unclassified as a briefing for the committees on armed services in Congress.

It includes seven Naval and National Guard bases and airports across the Jacksonville area. government shows toxic chemicals from military bases and government compounds have contaminated drinking water in nearby communities across the country.

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