Dangerous PFAS foam found on the beach at St. Mary's College of Maryland. [View all]

'Highly toxic fluorinated chemicals have been identified on the waterfront at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The foam shown above contained 18 different PFAS compounds totaling 1,680.4 parts per trillion, (ppt.). PFAS stands for per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances.

PFOS, (Perfluo octanesulfonic acid), was found at 1,301.5 ppt, which is 77.4% of the total.

The contamination likely originated from the nearby Webster Field Annex of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in St. Inigoes, Maryland. There are no other known industrial or military sites on the St. Mary’s River and it is unlikely that the contamination came from the college.

In April 2021 the Navy reported that groundwater at Webster Field contained a total of 92,378 parts per trillion of total PFAS. . .

Although we don’t drink from the waters in the St. Mary’s River, we are poisoned by the presence of PFOS in the oysters, crabs, and fish. It is a chronic, accumulative poisoning.'

https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/dangerous-pfas-foam-found-on-the-beach-at-st-marys-college-of-maryland