Camp Parks
Camp Parks is a military intelligence facility and battlefield simulation center that supports military readiness for both the Army Reserve and the entire Joint Force. Additionally, Parks plans for future military deployments and natural disasters by ensuring that the installation footprint and facilities are capable of housing, feeding, and caring for those who serve. Camp Parks is a sub-installation of Fort Hunter Liggett in Jolon, Calif.
Data released by the Army through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show PFAS contamination detected at 18.60 parts per trillion (ppt) in tests of drinking water at Camp Parks. The levels were much higher in Pleasanton. See below. The tests were conducted in 2017. Three carcinogens were found in the water families drank: PFBS, PFHxS, PFOS
(See the complete list across the country.)
Extremely low doses of PFAS chemicals have been linked to cancer, harm to the reproductive and immune systems, thyroid disease and other health problems. Harvard health professionals say 1 ppt of the substances may be harmful.
“There are currently no Army personnel or families drinking water with levels of PFOS/PFOA above the Lifetime Health Advisory, (LHA)” the Army told the Environmental Working Group in August, 2019.
The EPA’s LHA for PFAS is set at 70 ppt while California’s Division of Drinking Water has established Notification Levels at 6.5 parts per trillion for PFOS and 5.1 parts per trillion for PFOA, two types of PFAS chemicals. Firefighting foams made with PFAS and long used on military installations are a major source of PFAS contamination.
(See the complete list across the country.)
Extremely low doses of PFAS chemicals have been linked to cancer, harm to the reproductive and immune systems, thyroid disease and other health problems. Harvard health professionals say 1 ppt of the substances may be harmful.
“There are currently no Army personnel or families drinking water with levels of PFOS/PFOA above the Lifetime Health Advisory, (LHA)” the Army told the Environmental Working Group in August, 2019.
The EPA’s LHA for PFAS is set at 70 ppt while California’s Division of Drinking Water has established Notification Levels at 6.5 parts per trillion for PFOS and 5.1 parts per trillion for PFOA, two types of PFAS chemicals. Firefighting foams made with PFAS and long used on military installations are a major source of PFAS contamination.
Parks - Source - DOD
PAFB HAZARDOUS, TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Disposal Pit and Dry Well
2 Active Sites
Sites where military cleanup actions are still ongoing.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
This site is under ongoing monitoring until Sep 2027
Contaminated Soil
Styrene 12.0 mg/kg
Toluene 12.0 mg/kg
Xylenes 46.0 mg/kg
Soman (GD) 310.0 mg/kg
PAFB HAZARDOUS, TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Disposal Pit and Dry Well
2 Active Sites
Sites where military cleanup actions are still ongoing.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
This site is under ongoing monitoring until Sep 2027
Contaminated Soil
Styrene 12.0 mg/kg
Toluene 12.0 mg/kg
Xylenes 46.0 mg/kg
Soman (GD) 310.0 mg/kg
City of Pleasanton
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA0110008
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the California State Water Resources Control Board, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA0110008
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the California State Water Resources Control Board, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.
The California Water Board tested the City of Pleasanton's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019 and found it to be dangerously contaminated with PFOS/PFOA. For instance, Well #8 was found to contain 123.75 ppt of PFOS/PFOA, 102.5 ppt for other PFAS, for a total PFAS of 226.25 ppt. First round of PFAS sampling for CA Public Water Systems - April 1st to June 30th 2019
Source https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/pfas/
See also, the city of Pleasanton on PFAS:
http://admin.cityofpleasantonca.gov/gov/depts/os/water_quality/pfos_and_pfoa.asp
See this article in the Independent. It fails to mention the extensive contamination in Pleasanton's water caused by "non PFOS/PFOA" PFAS chemicals.
https://www.independentnews.com/news/pleasanton-oks-study-to-treat-chemicals-found-in-water-wells/article_e371a8f0-0660-11ea-b3c1-cba321a8e1aa.html
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