Water Contamination Worsens Throughout The US Where Forever Chemicals Are Found

PFAS forever chemicals in firefighting foam are likely to have caused service member cancer throughout the country

Monday, February 20, 2023 - US Marines, civilian employees, and their surviving loved ones from Camp Lejeune have garnered national attention recently in recognition of the cancer they developed. Celebrity attorney Erin Brokovich teamed with several Marine Corps veterans to hold Town Hall meetings to inform those in the greater Camp Lejeune region of the water contamination problem. In the early 1980s, tests at two water treatment facilities on the base revealed dangerous levels of volatile organic compounds, sparking concern. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA) was an integral part of a larger bill President Biden signed into law last year allowing servicemembers and civilians who worked on the base for at least 30-days from 1953 to 1987 the right to sue the federal government for lump-sum monetary compensation. More than one million people passing through Camp Lejeune during the time in question may have been affected by the drinking water contamination problem. Hundreds of thousands may have developed cancer and died from contaminated Camp Lejeune water. Thousand of Camp Lejeune Justice Act Claims have expired unaddressed by the Navy and now qualify to file a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit. As catastrophic as the Camp Lejeune water contamination problem is, it may just be a drop in the bucket as water contamination affects nearly every US military installation and every municipality in the country. The water contamination problems throughout the US continue to worsen as water systems test positive for high levels of carcinogenic PFAS forever chemicals.

New Hampshire's Pease National Air Base is a recent example of a military installation where service members allegedly developed cancer from drinking water tainted by toxic forever chemicals (PFAS). According to The Guardian, "Like hundreds of others who served at Pease, both developed cancer, which they and their families believe was probably from exposure to staggering levels of toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" in the base's drinking water. Pease is home to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, and the base also holds 13 superfund sites, which is a designation for the nation's most contaminated land. Among the pollutants is PFAS, a class of chemicals typically used to make thousands of consumer products resist water, stains, and heat. They are linked to serious health issues such as cancer, kidney disease, fetal complications, liver disease, and autoimmune disorders," The Guardian reported. Thousands of military and civilian airports and millions of people living and working there and in the surrounding communities are at risk of groundwater contamination from PFAS chemicals found in firefighting foam. State Attorney Generals from Wisconsin, North Carolina, and California are suing 3M, DuPont, and other manufacturers of firefighting foam seeking funds to clean up the environmental damage to the soil and water their products have caused. Fortune.com wrote, " California is suing 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc., and other chemical companies over "staggering" water contamination from products made with "forever chemicals" that are impossible to get rid of after they accumulate in the ground."

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