[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Formidable legal bar shields military from PFAS lawsuits"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Formidable legal bar shields military from PFAS lawsuits

BY SHARON UDASIN AND RACHEL FRAZIN 
The Hill
January 27, 2022

Third in a four-part series

Military installations are a major source of community contamination from a class of toxic chemicals called PFAS, but trying to hold the Defense Department accountable can be formidable due to a labyrinth of legal limitations. 

Mark Favors, an activist and nurse originally from Colorado Springs, has seen many family members, including his grandmother, die from cancer — which he believes resulted from the discharge of PFAS, per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, from the nearby Peterson Air Force Base. 

These so-called “forever chemicals,” dubbed such due to their propensity to linger in the environment, are present in a variety of household products but are most well-known for their presence in aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), used to fight jet fuel fires on military bases and civilian airports. PFAS are linked to kidney cancer, thyroid disease and other illnesses. 

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For the entire article, see
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/590643-formidable-legal-bar-shields-military-from-pfas-lawsuits

See also https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/590632-state-resistance-foils-law-changes-hampering-pfas-suits?rnd=1643212996

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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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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