Military Base Contamination in Florida
13 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.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
A profile of PFAS and AFFF contamination concerns at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida.
Eglin Air Force Base
An overview of PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.
Homestead Air Reserve Base
A look at documented environmental contamination at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a Superfund site.
Hurlburt Field
A look at PFAS concerns from firefighting foam use at Hurlburt Field, an Air Force special operations base in Florida.
MacDill Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida is an active PFAS investigation site linked to historic AFFF firefighting foam use.
Naval Air Station Cecil Field
A former Navy master jet base near Jacksonville, Florida, with documented PFAS, solvent, and fuel contamination concerns.
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.
Naval Station Mayport
A profile of Naval Station Mayport in Florida and the PFAS, AFFF, and asbestos concerns documented there.
Patrick Space Force Base
An overview of PFAS and firefighting foam contamination concerns at Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County, Florida.
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.
Whitehouse Naval Outlying Field
A Navy outlying field west of Jacksonville named in a federal report on PFAS-affected drinking water near military sites.