Pentagon Delays PFAS Cleanup at 9 Military Sites in PA

Pentagon delays PFAS cleanup at 9 military sites in PA

This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s partnership with NOTUS, a nonpartisan news organization that covers government and politics with the fresh eyes of early career journalists and the expertise of veteran reporters. The Defense Department has once again delayed the forever-chemical cleanup timelines for nearly 200 U.S. military locations — this time by an average of about a decade, according to a NOTUS analysis of previously unr…

The Pentagon Quietly Delayed PFAS Cleanup Across Nearly 200 Military Sites

The previously unreported delays push back efforts up to 20 years — including at sites where the chemicals have contaminated local drinking water.