Military Base Contamination in Florida
4 installations in Florida are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
A major Navy installation in Florida designated a Superfund site after chlorinated solvents reached soil and groundwater.
Naval Air Station Pensacola
NAS Pensacola, the Navy's first air station, was added to the Superfund list in 1989 after solvents, heavy metals, radium waste, and later PFAS were documented in soil and groundwater.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field
A Florida Navy training base where AFFF use and industrial operations left PFAS and solvent contamination, designated a Superfund site in 1994.
Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, an EPA Superfund site since 1997, has documented PFAS, AFFF, and heavy metal contamination, with cleanup ongoing under federal and state oversight.