Historical usage of aqueous film forming foam: a case study of the widespread distribution of perfluoroalkyl acids from a military airport to groundwater, lakes, soils and fish.

Evidence is provided that the historical use of AFFF at the site have contaminated an aquifer that will require constant PFAA purification before being used for drinking water production, and that a former airfield, abandoned since 1994, may still pose an environmental and human health concern.