[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Justice for PFAS exposure races a ticking clock"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Justice for PFAS exposure races a ticking clock

BY SHARON UDASIN AND RACHEL FRAZIN 
The Hill
January 25, 2022
   
First in a four-part series

Brenda Hampton says the heart attack she endured last month might be a blessing in disguise — a second chance at challenging a complex legal system that barred her from seeking compensation for years of renal failure. 

“I'm thinking God is opening the door for me. I’ve got a feeling of that,” Hampton, the founder of Concerned Citizens of WMEL (West Morgan and East Lawrence) Water Authority, told The Hill. 

Through her organization, also known as Concerned Citizens of North Alabama Grassroots, Hampton has been raising awareness about the severe contamination from “forever chemicals” — per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — that have for decades plagued portions of Alabama’s Lawrence County, where Hampton lives.  

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For the entire article, see
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/590622-justice-for-pfas-exposure-confronts-ticking-clock

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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