Los Angeles Air Force Base
Los Angeles Air Force Base is a non-flying air force base located in El Segundo. Los Angeles Air Force Base houses and supports the headquarters of the Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC).
The center manages research, development and acquisition of military space systems. The 61st Air Base Wing provides support functions for the base.
Los Angeles AFB is identified as a DOD installation with known or suspected releases of PFOS/PFOA, according to a DOD Report to Congress on Aqueous Film-Forming Foam - Nov. 3, 2017. No testing results were made public regarding the base, only that it is likely contaminated with the ”forever chemicals.”
Aqueous Film Forming Foam Report to Congress, October, 2017
El Segundo Water Department Serves: 16,654 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA1910040
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 14 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
28 Total Contaminants
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the California State Water Resources Control Board, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA1910040
Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 14 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
28 Total Contaminants
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the California State Water Resources Control Board, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.
The California Water Board did not test El Segundo's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
Los Angeles AFB - Source - DOD
42 Hazardous Sites
There is evidence of Radon gas in the silos, however, this is naturally occurring and confined to the silos. The silos are shut and kept welded closed.
Contaminants: Radon-222 1800000.0 pCi/kg
42 Hazardous Sites
There is evidence of Radon gas in the silos, however, this is naturally occurring and confined to the silos. The silos are shut and kept welded closed.
Contaminants: Radon-222 1800000.0 pCi/kg
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