Groundwater near old Williams Air Force Base in Mesa contaminated by same ‘forever chemicals’ as Luke Air Force Base, records show
Source: https://www.azcentral.com/, March 10, 2021
By: Joshua Bowling
The same “forever chemicals” contaminating drinking water near Luke Air Force Base have been found in southeast Mesa’s groundwater near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
A December report from the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center found high levels of the contaminants perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in groundwater on and around the old Williams Air Force Base, which is now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus. Read more.