USA. News piece on PFAS contamination by the military...

News piece on PFAS contamination by the military. (*)

This is a breakthrough as far as the mainstream media is concerned. There are several things here that have never reached a mass audience:

• The Navy admitting high levels of releases but refusing to test wells;
• MD Health Dept saying they trust the military stating there’s no need to test private wells in St. Mary’s as they have done in hundreds of communities across the country; 
• The Navy saying it is not concerned with such small releases in MD when similar levels are sickening people around the world and have made headline news;
• Cancer and other illnesses being linked to the military’s release of PFAS into community water systems;
• The military’s refusal thus far to clean up any of it;
• The military’s refusal to stop using PFAS;
• The existence of contamination world-wide;
• and the Trump administration’s claim of sovereign immunity for the military.

Now, NBC says it will be doing a series.

I think we can and should build on this at US/NATO bases.

Pat Elder

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(*) It features me at the beginning and at 11:51 - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/12/new-drinking-water-crisis--stemming-from-us-military-bases-pfas-contamination.html?fbclid=IwAR26MiOg-35p3GWHslN7OQg6bjVLJJECEjujHcvgsNjlZQcmOiNVFy6LptA

Articoli collegati: https://www.militarytimes.com/2019/07/14/heres-an-updated-map-of-military-sites-where-dod-found-cancer-causing-chemicals-in-the-drinking-water/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/12/new-drinking-water-crisis--stemming-from-us-military-bases-pfas-contamination.html