PFAS

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Sri Benson (center) holds a photograph of his wife Katie, an Army medic who he said died due to toxic exposure, during the signing ceremony for the PACT Act at the White House on Aug. 10, 2022, The Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act is the biggest expansion of veteran's benefits since the Agent Orange Act of 1991.(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Honoring Our PACT Act: a game-changer for Arkansas veterans affected by toxic exposure
BY: - April 18, 2023

Arkansas is home to over 222,000 veterans, which equals nearly 10% of the state’s entire population. During the last century, many were stationed on military bases with known environmental contamination, making these brave people susceptible to developing life-threatening diseases such as liver cancer, prostate cancer, leukemia, and bladder cancer. While Arkansas offers special benefits for […]

This Defense Department map shows more than 700 military sites where the "forever chemical" PFAS contained in firefighting foam may have contaminated the environment. (Source: Department of Defense)

Pentagon to halt use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as cleanup costs mount
BY: and - March 16, 2023

WASHINGTON — Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing PFAS-containing firefighting foam later this year and phase it out entirely in 2024.  The replacement for Aqueous Film Forming Foam has yet to be determined, and advocates are frustrated it’s taken so long to halt […]

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