Tag: firefighting foam

Okinawa and the US Military Link to PFAS Toxins

February 7, 2019

U.S. Air Force and New Jersey state fire protection specialists from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing battle a simulated aircraft fire with Aqueous Film Forming Foam at Military Sealift Command Training Center East in Freehold, N.J. on June 12. Firefighters can spray the foam across the fire blanketing it so the oxygen is cut off and the fire is smothered. Airmen from the Wing hold annual training here to maintain mission readiness. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Amber Powell/Released)

The Japanese island hosting U.S. military bases and training sites is a forerunner in exposing the contamination, writes Pat Elder.