People living near the Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Northwest Annex in Chesapeake, Virginia, are being offered free testing for PFAS — harmful compounds sometimes called “forever chemicals” — in their well water, according to WHRO.
The new testing follows updated drinking water standards from the Environmental Protection Agency and a Department of Defense limit of 70 parts per trillion for PFAS. That change has prompted more testing near the base.
What’s happening?
Cecilia Landin, a geologist with the Mid-Atlantic Naval Facilities Engineering Command, said the Navy recently found one nearby home with PFAS levels above the new limit.
“We have one property that we identified that is above the September 2024 DOD interim action levels. That property has since been fitted with a whole house point of entry treatment system,” Landin told WHRO…