Legislation would establish online dashboard to track chemical cleanups at military installations

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“WASHINGTON — Cleanups of cancer-causing chemicals by the Defense Department at hundreds of military installations across the nation would be tracked through a public dashboard and an ‘acceleration strategy’ for higher risk sites would be monitored by lawmakers, according to newly proposed legislation.

Reps. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., and Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich., the bill’s sponsors, said the legislation will yield site-specific information about contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances at more than 600 military sites and surrounding communities across the country.

The Military PFAS Transparency Act instructs the Defense Department to improve disclosures about PFAS investigations and cleanups through enhanced public outreach and annual reports to Congress.” …