Communities nationwide have found levels of PFAS in their water hundreds, sometimes thousands, of times higher than the level recommended by the EPA
"It's pretty much that we were guinea pigs," Cervera said."It was, ‘Let's see what happens.’"
Runoff from the Willow Grove base still seeps into creeks. Residents fish in a pond that was once filled with white foam. Initial tests of a small number of residents — about 200 — found high levels of PFAS in the bloodstream of those who lived near the base. The military paid to connect households to public water if they had contamination above the EPA's advisory level. But some homes had less, and so were not eligible for military cleanup.
Stanton’s son was diagnosed with a brain tumor at six years old. A few days after surgery, she says, the doctor started asking questions. Among them were provisions requiring water utilities to reduce the amount of PFAS in tap water under the Safe Drinking Water Act, along with the designation of PFAS as a toxic substance under the Superfund law. That would have required cleanup, including by the Department of Defense, of the most contaminated sites.
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