[CPEO-MEF] The near impossibility of getting justice with AFFF contamination.

Leonard,

Thanks for the update.

I hope they are measuring the effectiveness of their strategy.

Did Minnesota drop the ball on aid to the victims? That's the expensive part, especially if they use the Harvard standard. If they adopt the EPA faux advisory of 70 ppt it would seem like they're playing footsie with the FED.

Cleaning up the contamination is the impossible part.

What standard did they set for allowable limits in water? >10 ppt is the silver standard... Non-Detect is the Platinum standard.

What about children with C 8's in their system? Will it reduce the effectiveness of the Covid 19 vaccine?

And who is doing "contact tracing" and testing especially of military personnel who are often rotated from one heavily polluted base to to another?

What we need is a coalition of service people, active and otherwise, to speak with a unified voice, and collaborating with good NGO's. The Fed is playing divide and conquer. There are more than 600 military airfields and dozens of commercial airfields with probable contamination. The Fed is building up a lot of experience deflecting the public and especially service people. Each community has little experience in their quest for justice.

Your posts are a big help but the Fed is still winning.

Larry Menkes CSBA

The Water Guy from Warminster

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1. PFAS: "Minnesota Rolls Out Plan for PFAS Contamination"
(Leonard Siegel)

HotSpots H2O: Minnesota Rolls Out Plan for PFAS Contamination

By Elena Bruess, Circle of Blue
Great Lakes Nows
February 25, 2021

Minnesota officials announced a multi-step strategy to address PFAS contamination in the environment. Referred to as Minnesota’s PFAS blueprint, the plan will focus on three goals: to prevent PFAS pollution, to manage sources of already occurring PFAS, and to clean up contamination. The blueprint would add all PFAS to the state’s hazardous substance list and require all companies to report any use of the man-made chemicals.

“These forever chemicals are everywhere,” said Laura Bishop, commissioner with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, at the blueprint release. “And new PFAS are being invented, used in industry and incorporated into commercial products, and released into the environment every day. The gaps in our understanding of the effects of PFAS on human health and the environment is one of the primary reasons Minnesota needs a coordinated, strategic approach to PFAS.”

The proposal to add PFAS to the hazardous substances list would give the state more funding for cleanup due to the “polluter pays” provision, which requires those responsible for pollution to pay for damages. Minnesota would be the first state to add PFAS to its hazardous substances list, which, in Minnesota, also includes lead, arsenic, and acids.

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The proposal to add PFAS to the hazardous substances list would give the state more funding for cleanup due to the “polluter pays” provision, which requires those responsible for pollution to pay for damages. Minnesota would be the first state to add PFAS to its hazardous substances list, which, in Minnesota, also includes lead, arsenic, and acids.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/02/minnesota-plan-pfas-contamination/

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From:	Larry Menkes <soundsynergy1@verizon.net>
Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:26:53 -0800 (PST)
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Subject:	[CPEO-MEF] The near impossibility of getting justice with AFFF contamination.

Leonard, Thanks for the update. I hope they are measuring the effectiveness of their strategy. Did Minnesota drop the ball on aid to the victims? That's the expensive part, especially if they use the Harvard standard. If they adopt the EPA faux advisory of 70 ppt it would seem like they're playing footsie with the FED. Cleaning up the contamination is the impossible part. What standard did they set for allowable limits in water? >10 ppt is the silver standard... Non-Detect is the Platinum standard. What about children with C 8's in their system? Will it reduce the effectiveness of the Covid 19 vaccine? And who is doing "contact tracing" and testing especially of military personnel who are often rotated from one heavily polluted base to to another? What we need is a coalition of service people, active and otherwise, to speak with a unified voice, and collaborating with good NGO's. The Fed is playing divide and conquer. There are more than 600 military airfields and dozens of commercial airfields with probable contamination. The Fed is building up a lot of experience deflecting the public and especially service people. Each community has little experience in their quest for justice. Your posts are a big help but the Fed is still winning. Larry Menkes CSBA The Water Guy from Warminster -----Original Message----- From: military-request@lists.cpeo.org To: military@lists.cpeo.org Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2021 4:38 pm Subject: Military Digest, Vol 198, Issue 11 Send Military mailing list submissions to military@lists.cpeo.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to military-request@lists.cpeo.org You can reach the person managing the list at military-owner@lists.cpeo.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Military digest..." Today's Topics: 1. PFAS: "Minnesota Rolls Out Plan for PFAS Contamination" (Leonard Siegel) HotSpots H2O: Minnesota Rolls Out Plan for PFAS Contamination By Elena Bruess, Circle of Blue Great Lakes Nows February 25, 2021 Minnesota officials announced a multi-step strategy to address PFAS contamination in the environment. Referred to as Minnesota’s PFAS blueprint, the plan will focus on three goals: to prevent PFAS pollution, to manage sources of already occurring PFAS, and to clean up contamination. The blueprint would add all PFAS to the state’s hazardous substance list and require all companies to report any use of the man-made chemicals. “These forever chemicals are everywhere,” said Laura Bishop, commissioner with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, at the blueprint release. “And new PFAS are being invented, used in industry and incorporated into commercial products, and released into the environment every day. The gaps in our understanding of the effects of PFAS on human health and the environment is one of the primary reasons Minnesota needs a coordinated, strategic approach to PFAS.” The proposal to add PFAS to the hazardous substances list would give the state more funding for cleanup due to the “polluter pays” provision, which requires those responsible for pollution to pay for damages. Minnesota would be the first state to add PFAS to its hazardous substances list, which, in Minnesota, also includes lead, arsenic, and acids. ... The proposal to add PFAS to the hazardous substances list would give the state more funding for cleanup due to the “polluter pays” provision, which requires those responsible for pollution to pay for damages. Minnesota would be the first state to add PFAS to its hazardous substances list, which, in Minnesota, also includes lead, arsenic, and acids. … For the entire article, see https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/02/minnesota-plan-pfas-contamination/ — Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org
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