US military ‘downplayed’ the number of soldiers exposed to ‘forever chemicals’

Analysis of Pentagon report reveals that soldiers exposed to PFAS pollution at much higher rate than military claims

The number of US service members who have been exposed to toxic “forever chemicals” is much higher than the military has claimed, a new independent analysis of Department of Defense data has found.

A Pentagon report that aims to assess the scope of PFAS chemical exposure on its bases, as well as health threats posed to service members, estimated about 175,000 troops across 24 facilities had drunk contaminated water.