By Pat Elder
Pat Elder is an investigative journalist with Civilian Exposure, an organization based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, that tracks how the military poisons people around the world. Pat’s focus is on documenting contamination caused by the U.S. military’s use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in routine fire-fighting drills.
PFAS in fire-fighting foams used on basFes worldwide are contaminating the environment and endangering public health. The Pentagon denies wrongdoing
Günther Schneider, a farmer from Binsfeld, Germany has photos that show what the stream that flows through the village of Binsfeld looks like when aqueous film-forming foam is released from a fire suppression system in hangarson the Spangdahlem Airbase – like a fluffy white ribbon. All around in the meadows, shreds of foam remained like huge snowballs.The toxic substances used in fire-fighting foams on base have contaminated the sewer water, ground water, surface water, and the ai