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Why Military Bases Have the Worst PFAS Contamination in America
The U.S. military began using AFFF in the 1970s to suppress aircraft fuel fires, and military firefighting and crash rescue training involved regular, high-volume AFFF applications at airfields across the country and around the world. AFFF concentrate was stored in large quantities on base and mixed with water for training exercises conducted multiple times per year. Each training exercise soaked AFFF into the ground around airfield areas — fire training pits, crash response zones, and firefighting practice areas. Over decades of use, millions of gallons of PFAS-containing AFFF were discharged into the soil and groundwater of military installations. When the plumes of PFAS-contaminated groundwater migrated to the perimeter of bases and into surrounding neighborhoods, they contaminated private wells and municipal water systems serving military families and civilian communities alike.
Highest-Contamination Military Installations
Among the most severely contaminated U.S. military installations documented by DoD testing: Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska — PFOS levels of 334,200 ppt recorded in on-base monitoring wells, among the highest in the nation; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio — extensive PFAS plume contaminating private wells in Dayton-area communities; Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO — PFAS contamination affecting Colorado Springs municipal water; NAS Pensacola and Eglin AFB, Florida — PFAS plumes affecting Gulf Coast communities; Pease Air National Guard Base, Portsmouth, NH — the first publicly confirmed military PFAS contamination site (2014) and the basis of early advocacy efforts; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, WA — PFAS plume affecting Tacoma-area residents; Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, CO — additional contamination in the Colorado Springs corridor; Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC — PFAS contamination in addition to the historic solvent contamination already compensated under separate federal law; Vance AFB, Enid, OK — contamination affecting Enid municipal water supply.
Who Can File — Veterans, Families, and Civilians
Military base PFAS claimants include: active-duty service members and veterans who lived on base and consumed PFAS-contaminated tap water; military spouses and dependents (children) who lived in on-base housing and drank contaminated water; civilian DoD employees who worked on contaminated installations; civilian residents of communities adjacent to military bases whose wells or municipal water systems were contaminated by PFAS plumes; and former residents who lived near military bases for several or more years before the contamination was disclosed. Note: PFAS personal injury claims for military-related exposure are filed in MDL 2873 and are distinct from Camp Lejeune toxic water claims, which are governed by the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 and filed under a separate legal framework.
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- AFFF Firefighter PFAS Exposure LawsuitFirefighters — both military and civilian — who worked with AFFF aqueous film-forming foam face the highest documented PFAS body burdens of any occupational group. AFFF contains PFOS and PFOA at concentrations orders of magnitude higher than contaminated drinking water. Firefighters with kidney cancer, testicular cancer, or thyroid disease following AFFF exposure have strong individual claims in MDL 2873.
- PFAS Biosolids Farm Contamination LawsuitPFAS-contaminated biosolids (sewage sludge) spread as agricultural fertilizer have contaminated private wells and farmland across the United States — a largely invisible exposure pathway that is only now reaching litigation. Affected farmers, rural homeowners, and farmworkers in Maine, Iowa, Michigan, and Texas have active claims. This is one of the least-covered and fastest-growing fronts in PFAS litigation.
- GenX Chemicals Chemours Lawsuit — Cape Fear RiverChemours Company — a DuPont spinoff — has discharged GenX chemicals (HFPO-DA) from its Fayetteville Works facility in Bladen County, North Carolina into the Cape Fear River since 2006. Wilmington-area residents who drank Cape Fear River water have been exposed to GenX and other PFAS at concentrations far above EPA health advisory levels. This is among the largest active industrial PFAS contamination zones in the eastern United States, and it is significantly underserved by legal content.
- PFAS Kidney Cancer LawsuitKidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) is the MDL 2873 Tier 1 bellwether injury — the PFAS-linked condition with the strongest and most consistent epidemiological association. The IARC classified PFOA as a Group 1 known human carcinogen for kidney cancer in 2023. Individuals who developed kidney cancer after sustained PFAS exposure through drinking water have among the strongest claims in PFAS litigation.
- Military Bases with PFAS Contamination — Complete ListThe Department of Defense has confirmed PFAS contamination at more than 700 U.S. military installations as of 2026. This page provides a state-by-state summary of confirmed contaminated bases and the communities affected. If you lived or served at a contaminated installation and developed a qualifying health condition, contact a PFAS attorney to evaluate your claim.
- PFAS Settlement Amounts Per PersonThe $12.5 billion 3M settlement and $1.185 billion DuPont/Chemours/Corteva settlement compensate water utilities — not individuals. Individual PFAS personal injury settlement amounts depend on injury category, exposure documentation, and MDL 2873 bellwether trial outcomes. Kidney and testicular cancer claims are expected to produce the highest individual recoveries, estimated at $300,000 to $600,000 or more.
- PFAS Lawsuit Statute of Limitations by StateThe statute of limitations for PFAS personal injury claims is typically 2 to 3 years from diagnosis or from when you discovered the PFAS-illness connection. Because military and industrial PFAS contamination was not publicly disclosed until 2016–2020 in most communities, courts have been receptive to delayed discovery arguments. Act now — deadlines are real, and missing them permanently bars your claim.
- PFAS Testicular Cancer LawsuitTesticular cancer is an MDL 2873 Tier 1 injury category with one of the strongest epidemiological links to PFAS — particularly PFOS exposure. The cancer predominantly affects younger men (age 15–35), meaning veterans and firefighters who developed testicular cancer after PFAS exposure at military installations often carry decades of lost earnings and quality-of-life damages. Claims in MDL 2873 are active and advancing toward bellwether trials in 2026.
- PFAS Thyroid Disease and Thyroid Cancer LawsuitPFAS disrupt thyroid hormone signaling by mimicking and competing with thyroid hormones at receptor and transport protein binding sites. Women are disproportionately affected. Diagnosed thyroid disease requiring medication (hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's thyroiditis) and thyroid cancer are recognized injury categories in MDL 2873. A 2018 Mount Sinai study found significantly elevated thyroid cancer risk with higher serum PFAS concentrations.
- PFAS Ulcerative Colitis LawsuitUlcerative colitis — a chronic inflammatory bowel disease — was one of the six conditions designated by the C8 Science Panel as having a probable link to PFOA exposure in the Mid-Ohio Valley study. This is a non-cancer qualifying condition recognized in MDL 2873 personal injury proceedings. Claimants with PFAS exposure and a confirmed ulcerative colitis diagnosis may have viable claims even without a cancer diagnosis.
- PFAS Drinking Water Contamination LawsuitPFAS-contaminated municipal water systems and private wells have exposed millions of Americans to dangerous concentrations of forever chemicals. Residents who drank contaminated tap water for years and developed kidney cancer, testicular cancer, or thyroid disease have individual claims in MDL 2873. You do not need to have lived near a military base — industrial and agricultural PFAS sources have contaminated water supplies across the country.
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