I’ve been asked what kind of data exists for other comparable locations. This is my starter for ten… A substantial body of data now links PFAS contamination with military airfields, civil airports, aircraft rescue and firefighting stations, and fire-training grounds. These settings provide strong comparators for former RAF Upper Heyford because they share several features:…

In an area known to have exceptionally high levels of PFAS in local groundwater (43000 times the recommended safe-levels), and where the mains water supply is fed from aquifers immediately beneath an air-force base fire training area, does it make sense to switch to bottled water as a short-term precaution? Obviously, this is a personal…