DOD Conducts First PFAS Task Force Meeting; Pledges Measures to Protect Public Health0

• Congress/DoD, DC360
• August 12, 2019

The Defense Department kicked off its first PFAS Task Force meeting last week to address the contaminants that have been detected in groundwater for many military installations and their surrounding communities, DOD reported. The task force, ordered in late July by recently confirmed Defense Secretary Mark Esper, will address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals that DOD