{"id":6208,"date":"2025-09-11T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=6208"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:35:47","slug":"wa-increases-pressure-on-army-over-pfas-contamination-near-yakima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/wa-increases-pressure-on-army-over-pfas-contamination-near-yakima\/","title":{"rendered":"WA increases pressure on Army over PFAS contamination near Yakima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;NEWS POST&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;CONTENT&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;ARTICLE CONTENT&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Years after PFAS were detected in drinking water near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/environment\/wa-ramps-up-pressure-on-army-over-pfas-contamination-near-yakima\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Base Lewis-McChord\u2019s Yakima Training Center,<\/a> families are still waiting for water filtration systems. State officials express frustration with the Army\u2019s pattern of slow or no release of information about the contamination.<\/p>\n<p>Washington state officials have ramped up pressure on the Army since Gov. Bob Ferguson was sworn in and appointed Casey Sixkiller, a former EPA regional administrator, to lead the state Department of Ecology earlier this year. The shift underscores a renewed push for transparency and action on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, the Yakima Training Center used PFAS in firefighting drills, allowing the chemicals to leach into the area\u2019s groundwater. 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In their recent study, they found that many prolonged droughts can cause a higher risk of exposure to arsenic in well water. Maine, New England, the Midwest, and the Southwest are all areas whose arsenic levels are regularly higher than the federal level allows. Although municipal water supplies are carefully monitored, private well water is not. This can be a danger to Americans because over 43 million people rely on private well water. A previous study revealed that somewhere between 1.5 and 2.9 million people are drinking water with unsafe levels of arsenic, and this number may increase to over 4 million in case of a drought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased levels of arsenic may be caused by a decrease in groundwater levels, which causes changes in water chemistry. There are also some human responses to droughts, such as using ground water rather than surface water, which may also affect exposure. 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