[CPEO-MEF] "Erin Brockovich, Wurtsmith [MI] veteran talk military pollution on MSNBC"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Erin Brockovich, Wurtsmith veteran talk military pollution on MSNBC

by Garret Ellison
MLive (MI)
May 2, 2017 

Wurtsmith Air Force Base veterans who say they've been poisoned by toxic chemicals in firefighting foam used extensively throughout the military were spotlighted on national news this week during a segment on MSNBC.

On Monday, May 1, Greta Van Susteren's 6 p.m. show "For The Record" featured Wurtsmith veteran James Michael Bussey of Pennsylvania in a six-minute look at the problem of toxic fluorocarbon pollution at military bases across the U.S., including Wurtsmith in Oscoda, Mich.

Van Susteren's spent most of the segment talking to Erin Brockovich, a famous environmental activist who is helping the disparate group of Wurtsmith veterans who began organizing online in 2016 after the state of Michigan issued a health advisory about the groundwater contamination on Oscoda.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/brockovich_msnbc_wurtsmith_pfc.html

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Lenny Siegel
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