The Forever Chemicals -- The Full Show | Great Lakes Now

[@Cheeseatingjunglista]

This what happens when you let huge corporations run your country.

[@debrapaulino918]

Who is the "you?" I wasn't asked. Were you?

[@Cheeseatingjunglista]

@@debrapaulino918 No, which is why I never wotled for them and where possible avoid em

[@trueKENTUCKY]

This was a small company doing ignorant dumping. It can be happening right next door

[@jennifertarin4707]

​@@trueKENTUCKYwolverine is not a "small" company any more than 3M is a "small" company.

[@baseballworldwide9439]

Vicariously through the gov. A true 💩 show we’re in, eh?

[@road2nowhere733]

I am from Western Australia. In our South West an American company (Alcoa) is operating. They have asked for permission to build a pipeline for their waste water (PFAS content) over a dam that provides drinking water.... the kicker is that they went ahead and built it and it is in use before it was even approved. I am sharing this video among my community so people understand the risk. Thankyou for getting the message out

[@williebeamish5879]

Watch out, greed rules Corporate America. Profits over people.

[@hope5443]

​@@williebeamish5879apparently it rules Australia too, or the company wouldn't be there.

[@trueKENTUCKY]

F

[@natyr707]

dupont makes teflon cooking pans. they contaminated the drinking water in west Virginia and started doing secret research on how bad the contamination got.. turns out ever human on this planet has pfas in their blood to different levels.

[@laurastabell2489]

​@@williebeamish5879The supreme court ruled that corporations exist and were recquired to make a profit for their shareholders. If they act in any other way, the shareholders can sue them.

[@EarTipper]

There’s probably 1001 things like this all over the United States.

[@riverdeep399]

something 40,000 Forever Chemicals. DW Documentaries are doing good series of them, PFAS.

[@ElonizuMuskamoto]

Yeah so crazy!

[@saudielbamber4227]

Yeah and half the time it's the military causing it. And yet Republicans want to cut the epa back

[@Erin-rg3dw]

Correct, and they're discovering more all the time. Recently, local farmland was declared unsafe because the manure being used had high amounts of PFAS in it from the exposure the manure makers were under, meaning the dirt was being contaminated. And this wasn't an isolated farm - it's predicted this issue could be widespread.

[@krustyb9068]

Just in Michigan my friend

[@woodennecktie]

fascinating , right in the middle of this doc , a commercial for tefal saucepans and skillets .....

[@potatochips5282]

Makes you wonder why this hasn't been pushed on mainstream media. This isn't just another story.

[@nemodapimpfish]

Because it won't make them money.

[@davidlang9939]

For the past 50 years, the public television network has constantly covered the toxins subjects in depth bc they were commercial-free and not controlled by the corporate (polluting) ad $$$ that makes other networks thrive. The American public is not entertained by science, facts, and changing ones lifestyle for health and safety reasons.

[@micahgelfand8282]

Who cares about poisoning the entire planet? How's that going to help stock prices and shareholders?

[@AndrewKidd14145]

@@nemodapimpfish not the case. More like better to not stir up problems.

[@TheBigdog868]

You won't hear anything on mainstream media that doesn't suit their interests. They have them in their hip pocket.

[@nuryaparish3349]

Thank you for posting this.

[@lorijohnson9230]

it's so easy to change those tests and they do!

[@rdEyrapr]

I have been preaching this since 2010s so glad people are finally listening. Raised in Tennessee, drank from the hose and have a black spot in the middle of my 2 front top teeth.

[@anandchundi6805]

you brush and floss 2x a day?

[@rdEyrapr]

@@anandchundi6805 ya y?

[@michellefinley1959]

You know what's crazy when you tell people about this stuff when you have a suspicion or knowledge on it people want to say it's a conspiracy but then they find out you were right. This just burns my butt.

[@rdEyrapr]

@@michellefinley1959 what is crazier is that they think you are crazy till it's too late with everything that actually matters

[@napleswolverine7189]

@@anandchundi6805 hey you drink polluted water and go get a liver transplant what a dumb thing to say punk

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

My mom doesnt seem to care when i tell her this stuff is in teflon pans, if it were my house i woulda tossed those pans out years ago, but all i can do is cook in the stainless steel pans or the ceramic pans to try to avoid this stuff..

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

@J. Bernays iron cookware will mess up your brain.

[@riverdeep399]

@@melisentiapheiffer3034 That's copper pans.

[@Interestingworld4567]

@@riverdeep399 both iron and copper are bad. The best pans literally are stainless steel specially stainless steal 304L and the premium stainless steel 316 Titanium made. I have predicted that as soon as people began to realize that stainless steel pans are the best the price on these cookware is going to go up get a stainless steel cookware now that you can because later the stainless steel cookware that used to cost $1000 will be later like $5000 and up.

[@henanren]

These chemicals are actually not in non-stick pans, they're actually in much higher concentrations in the tap water. They get burned off the pans during manufacturing

[@donnataylor6508]

Cast iron also

[@Write662]

Dark Waters brought me here. Interesting interview, but no one is asking the follow up questions that need to be answered. Why aren’t all harmful chemicals bans; why just the two? If Wolverine states 3M should also be fiscally responsible (and I agree) then why doesn’t the lawsuit include them? Where are the laws to protect tax payers from companies that pollute groundwater, food, or air? Keep hearing about money, but none of those major companies pay taxes. The state and federal needs to work for the people not for corporations. Also what about the water in Flint?

[@dillondavis9615]

Dark waters is bs the devil we know on Netflix is a true documentary

[@MrIkesimba]

@@dillondavis9615 "Dark Waters" isn't trying to be a documentary.

[@jerrykinworthy9225]

state and government don't make any money off of the individual but millions off of corporations, thats a day a symptom of capitalism.

[@edwardstarling1835]

After biden this country will be a 3rd world slum.

[@MeterService]

Well said

[@Jessicascleaningtips]

The anti flammable pj's we wore in the 70s

[@yvonnecortes_]

Anti flammable?? Was that really even necessary?🤦🏻‍♀️

[@rodneycaupp5962]

They started selling those when shut down coal mines caused energy cost and WOOD BURNIG STOVES to explode in popularity. POOF, "flaming pajamas.., Late 60s thru the 70s". For every action there is a reaction. What are we gona do about all this.., REACT ? Thats a great idea, FINALLY.

[@d0pe_star]

​many things of the 70s werent so necessary​@@yvonnecortes_

[@DEXWrecksOfficial]

​@@yvonnecortes_ all modern synthetic fabrics are flame retardant

[@Ty4755]

we are all a bunch of lobsters in a simmering pot of water right now. Eventually, it will turn to a boil, it's hard having hope for this world when you ban a chemical and they just make another identical one right behind it. can we ever actually fix any of these problems?

[@WiseResto]

We arent together enough unfortunately. Perfectly divided

[@tarajoyce3598]

Why are these still operating corporations not responsible for clean up?

[@niningsetia4213]

Salah for 2 weeks

[@niningsetia4213]

Like a 🌹 better than me😂😂😂 Hahag Im the Wonderland of Neverland

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

It is CRIMINAL that there is no control over the amounts of PFAS in our drinking water. These companies must be held accountable.

[@at9871]

You are talking about a government that intentionally puts fluoride in water. It is toxic if ingested, any toothpaste using it for teeth health warns not to swallow it. And yet it is added to water for consumption.

[@yoo-xe7iv]

Dupont is still making Teflon even after the case That's power

[@debrapaulino918]

People can choose not to buy the products. That does require awareness of what they are. That can be addressed in many ways not all of which would be easy to do in the municipalities. Pushback can be expected. People buy water resistant jackets just as one example. People used umbrellas before. People want nothing holding them back off the trails. It will not end w/o legislation. Diapers for example. Even creating biodegradable plastic doesn't solve the tons of poop and urine seeping into groundwater from landfills. That in addition to everything else. We do not want to think about what is coming through legislation and removing folks from rural land into metropolitan designated (quarantines) perimeters is seen as tyranny. Well? What is the solution.

[@joshnkatiebartholomew831]

Tap water has never been meant to be drank! House pipes alone are disgusting.

[@reeddeer793]

Sorry, these companies can clearly regulate themselves 😂😂

[@melissastarr9280]

People made big bucks and now others pay the price... sad situation. So much pollution!

[@potatochips5282]

Makes me wonder if the community itself gets together & help clean the shorelines.

[@DETSRC313]

TRUTH

[@bigjd2k]

They’re all doing the same thing now in the third world and China... going to be another disaster at a much larger scale. With all sorts of contaminants.

[@brentj.peterson6070]

Completely disgraceful. Screw future generations and the environment. Just dump the waste out in the woods when nobody's watching. Gotta keep the profits and stock rising.

[@templetonbob]

It’s worse than that. It’s in rain water. It’s in the oceans. It’s literally everywhere.

[@ithmiths]

Second amendment was created for a reason.

[@reeddeer793]

I know I’m not having kids so why should I preserve the planet for yours? Nobody besides me matters. 🇺🇸DJT🇺🇸2024!!

[@DETSRC313]

As easy as it is to focus on the Wolverine company I'd have to agree with them on pointing out that 3M is equally responsible for its role in this situation.

[@nobody687]

So 3m told them to dump their products in a dump. Wolverine knew better and just took the cheapest option. Why doesn't wolverine sue 3m. They should pay for it and then seek reimbursement from 3m, if not then it's a sham

[@letterslayer7814]

@@nobody687 3m isnt much better... i would argue the blame falls on both but in this case more on wolverine 3m for pushing this idea that these chemicals pose little to no risk to our health, and on wolverine for dumping toxic waste

[@omeganickum]

3M stop producing it because they knew it was toxic and Dupont pick the product up and started manufacturing it again in the 50s as taflon

[@Buffy-ip4io]

Don't forget Dow.

[@conspiracyfifteensixteenth5756]

Its in firefighting.. The fire retardant is full of PFAS..which then makes it in our water systems..

[@Interestingworld4567]

Yep

[@Greybone62]

Like the the Fire-retardant that is released from Fire-fighting Air-crafts, seen so many times in The News? Probably a lot of acres that is contaminated in the Western region of The States, then..

[@Thats_Unfortunate]

I’m assuming it’s in the stuff that they dump over forests during fires?

[@laurastabell2489]

​@@Thats_UnfortunateThat could be! Also possible in fracking fluid. The formula is proprietary- secrit. The fracking fluid and natur as l gas from down deep is radioactive too but yowns were using it as deicer on roads due to high brine content. Its insane especially if it has PFAS in the it!

[@Cybersawz]

@@Thats_Unfortunate It's in the fire fighting foam. We used it for fire fighting training while in the Navy.

[@jasonvanatta8508]

My father was blind all his life and died at 55 filled with cancer. from environmental poisoning (Hanford nuclear site downwinder, walla-walla Washington) I still dont know if it will get me too. Im 47. Americans all across the country have been poisoned by corporate greed and the fact that we just didnt realize what we were putting in our water and in our bodies. its really crazy and its all coming out now as the 1960s-1980s generations die off from cancer...

[@laurastabell2489]

Sorry to hear! That happened all over the country before they realized radiation caused cancer. PFAS may cause similir cancers to radiation. It attaches to DNA and carries heavy metals to DNA also. It may acrew up DNA through epigenetic inheritable changes

[@toram6210]

2024 we still using it

[@Eccovi]

I grew up drinking water from Rockford, and I played in the woods they dumped chemicals and in, I am terrified of getting a horrible cancer but I fear that it’s inevitable :(

[@chitownbangin]

Praying for you.

[@WonderMagician]

When and how will we hold major US corporation accountable for poisoning our air, water and soil?

[@williamford8027]

Change you're Gov't, Bernie has to be better than the status quo

[@DerekOlsons]

Never not til nuclear war

[@reeddeer793]

Why should we? I won’t be having any children so why should I preserve the planet for the children of others? I think You guys just want to force everyone to abide by your rules DJT2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ShadowWizard123]

Such a shame because Belmont and Rockford are just wonderful little towns. I often ride the bike trails that run parallel to the Rogue River and it is just lovely.

[@Cybersawz]

Very beautiful area. We lived in Belmont for several years while I attended Grand Valley. My daughter was a 1 yr old at the time and today she cannot have children. So, thanks to Wolverine I'm denied grandchildren!

[@chrissadjedy8490]

I hope there is a plan to get rid of these forever chemicals. Thanks to the polluters. I have so many people I know that are sick and have died due to water contamination and I'm one of them who is sick from this problem!!!! If I catch someone around me polluting I will confront them on the spot and I mean it....

[@jackicrew5849]

I hope more documentaries like this start coming out. It is getting really bad here in Wilmington, NC. I am adding this to my watch later list.

[@harrybaulz666]

I used to work in a 3m warehouse for 15 years a few people died from cancer over the years that always concerned me

[@magesalmanac6424]

:( That is concerning . Please look after yourself.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Yes, people die from cancer all the time. What we RARELY ever know is what caused it.

[@fireworkstarter]

Its like we treat all the other ways of dying

[@hecanseeme8210]

We used to play out by Yates cider mill as a kid. One day we went out and large ares were fenced off with toxic chemical signs. One of my friends did of cancer a few years later.

[@armeniansdoitbetter]

I played in that water as well when younger. I remember foam. Looking back, this may have been from PF as contamination. So disgusting how that is. I wonder how the cider mill makes the water safe

[@hecanseeme8210]

@@armeniansdoitbetter I loved that place. I don’t know for a fact that it caused his cancer. I’m sure it didn’t help it.

[@reeddeer793]

LOl good. Caring for future generations is such a waste. If I am not having kids I shouldn’t be forced to preserve the environment for them. 🇺🇸TRUMP24 GO VOTE

[@Bloodcurling]

Rick Snyder being in charge of water quality is beyond comical. (Flint)

[@siryizzur]

We need RFK Jr to clean this up and hold the corporations responsibility. MAHA

[@Financierpro1]

Activated charcoal, reverse osmosis will help us. EPA knows about this and still won't ban PFAs

[@MeterService]

It's still being dumped in the Tennessee River. You're right EPA is part of the problem a Bigley problem!!!

[@StaceyG-l6m]

Why & where is the other reply 🙏❤️

[@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786]

I live in Ottawa County located in the southwest corner. How can I find out if our well is contaminated

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Get it tested.

[@Cybersawz]

Contact the Ottawa County Health Department for a test kit.

[@momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786]

@@Cybersawzwill do. Thc

[@rokobasilik4877]

Good vid👍

[@maximumcaffeine6003]

The pex pipes that are coming out of that home filtration system also contain pfas, so the water is probably getting re-contaminated.

[@finn1355]

ALL GOVERNMENTS NEED TO TEST FOR ALL PFAS INDICATORS.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Ugh, Government is what allowed this to happen in the first place. People like you need to grow up and realize government causes MORE problems than they fix!

[@reeddeer793]

@@calvinhobbes6118 I agree! I won’t be having any children so why should the government force companies to preserve the planet for the children of others? Companies are fully capable of self regulation like they do in china and used to here. I think these liberals just want to force everyone to follow their rules and stifle the free market. DJT2024

[@ryantuck5716]

This is an issue in Wisconsin as well. French Island in the Mississippi River near LaCrosse, WI is contaminated due to the PFAS from the fire fighting equipment for the airport on the island. We need legislation and funding.

[@siryizzur]

We need RFK Jr to clean this up and hold the corporations responsible. MAHA

[@StevenvonBriesen]

Wow. A sad wow. Thank you!

[@SheWasPerf]

They need to outlaw all chemicals for consumer use and have stringent exposure levels as well as keeping these chemicals super regulated and actually regulating them.

[@MichelleJones-i4o]

Rusty rods in fields are doing it here 🚂🚂🚂🚅🚅🚅☠️☠️💀💀🐼🐼🤡

[@ayecab]

These are the wages of deregulation and giving businesses the power to do anything they want without accountability.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

This has nothing to do with deregulation. Michigan is an overly regulated blue-state. The issue is the regulators and politicians who run Michigan, dont care to follow those regulations. What good are regs, if only WE THE PEOPLE, have to follow them, but not big government or big corporations. This is the problem, please recognize it.

[@ayecab]

@@calvinhobbes6118So not subjecting corporations to regulations isn't... deregulation? My comment has zero political alignment with Democrats. Both parties represent the interests of corporations, and the government caters to the needs of businesses including ignoring and downplaying severe environmental contamination.

[@davidshaffer4649]

Big corporations own the politicians who defund the regulators that oversee compliance.lobbies and superpacks keep offenders out of jail.

[@Dieselpwr]

How can you not notice the taste of it

[@zeddtbear]

Thank dupont or Blackrock Vanguard

[@MIBREVIEWS]

Check Parchment Michigan behind the old Georgia Pacific paper mill near the old Hercules plants on the banks of the Kalamazoo River the barrels are still there

[@seankingwell3692]

Southern Ontario is horrible, if people knew the industrial military history of this area none would drink the water ground or from taps. Masons love suffering, the poorest people in town live on well water and they are the ones who have to do the factory work to afford to live working at the plants that source the contamination of the Maitland Thames rivers in southern Ontario with hexavalent chromium and steel lube in Wingham, high acid yeast bacteria from labatts brewery in London into the river, Ipperwash in Mount Forest has old base where Canada burried the toxic history of its nuclear program from WW2 along with Ogent orange after spraying it all over populated area's of Southern Ontario. Its burried under land mines. I know of these instances because I lived near them, I know it must be a lot worse many towns I haven't seen but I know how the Masons set things up to poison the poor that do the most slavery. I STILL CAN'T CONVINCE PEOPLE I KNOW HERE TO NOT DRINK THAT WATER, THE FLUORIDE AND BRAINWASHING HAVE CONTROL OF THEM.

[@jimmyjames1474]

Read up on the largest superfund site in the country (The Hanford Reach), it's tragic, it makes this seem small, but it's not.

[@stevenelson25]

My 14 years experience working in and around mental health fields. Our food, water, air, overall environment, is causing most mental health issues in USA, as well as the religions and cultures.

[@richardrichford2617]

Pfas is also already in the foods we eat.

[@jasonjamesbisson]

Spreading PFAS like baby oil at a Diddy party 😂

[@finn1355]

CLEAN UP THE TANNING SITE. GET THE SCRAPS OUT OF THE RIVER AND OFF THE RIVER BANKS.

[@jerrykinworthy9225]

It is frightening how many places that things like this are experiencing things like this all over the country some known other still not known.

[@mentalimbalance6808]

It’ll be in the soil forever.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

This is a lie and shows a complete lack of education on this issue.

[@tpilot_error404]

3M doing it again in Belgium , Europe

[@fam.hunger5244]

Also in Germany. Burgkirchen an der Alz Chemiepark under the name Dyneon GmbH. They polluted the whole area since 1996. 1000 square Kilometers polluted with PFAS. The drinking water has to be extensively filtered as it is highly contaminated with PFAS. And there are 1500 other places where PFAS has been detected in Germany and five other 3M and DuPont production sites in Germany where it looks the same. In Europe anyway, not only Belgium. France, Spain, Great Britain, Poland, Croatia, Hungary - it's not just the USA or Belgium. They are doing it in almost every country in the world, even in Asia and Australia and South America. Africa is probably less affected because they are "too poor", but our whole planet is actually contaminated! PFAS has even been detected in the Arctic, in polar bears and in the Himalayas. It's everywhere. And it doesn't degrade! And the concentration is therefore increasing, because it is in pizza boxes, jackets, baking paper and ends up in households that are incinerated in landfill sites. The problem - these only heat up to 800 degrees Celsius. But PFAS "survives" up to 1200 degrees. As a result, it spreads with the smoke in the landscape and the rain, goes into the soil, rivers and oceans and accumulates more and more. 3M and DuPont have poisoned the whole world and will continue to do so until the day comes when everything dies!

[@MikeMikeYT]

commenting for the algorithm

[@davidshaffer4649]

Ok,let's develope a system to be absolutely certain this stuff is safe.if we get all the ceo's officers and major shareholders in a room and hand them a glass of whatever they sell to drink.their next action will tell you all you need to know.all these chemicals where known by these companies to be detrimental 50 to 75 yrs ago.

[@lorijohnson9230]

oh my God!

[@LegendaryCollektor]

These dumps operated in the 60's and 70's.... Its' impacts are still here, but I bet many of the people responsible for this have since died.

[@oouknow4176]

Wake up everyone this is a BiG health risk. Omg EPA needs to get there head out of there ass start protecting our environment you know your JOB

[@magesalmanac6424]

Yup. And I will never trust certain politicians who want to cut EPA to shreds. They have big corporations behind them.

[@reeddeer793]

No, the EPA holds back this nation. If Companies have been dumping for 100s of years with no issues we shouldn’t change it now.

[@kontrygrll01amerika54]

@reeddeer793 Say you work for polluting companies, without actually saying it out loud. What incredibly dumb logic... companies have been dumping stuff for hundreds of years so we should not stop them from doing so. These forever chemicals never existed before the 1940s so before then nature could clean up most all pollution by breaking it down into different components. These forever chemicals can not be broken down by any process nature has and will just accumulate in larger and larger amounts until they are at toxic levels that will eliminate LIFE. Try using your brain and educate yourself instead of getting paid to lie and pontificate for polluters.

[@markcampbell7577]

The liver damage is common to all halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon molecules.

[@AndrewKidd14145]

Caused all the illnesses we see exponentially.

[@grav7530]

If we can't trust our corporate America to ensure our water is safe to drink, what good are they?

[@markcampbell7577]

The water filter should be charcoal or hard coal with two filters and break through detectors using resistance and wheatstone bridge. This less expensive design is as effective. Research and development show how much charcoal or anthracite coal is needed to get below 3 ppt .. The primary source of PFA is the hazardous waste burners at the chemical weapon dump in Georgia USA.

[@ellafrood8096]

If the charcoal filters etc can capture the pollutants, why aren't all factories made up install them on the premises to capture these and any other pollutants that we don't know about yet? There have been pollution problems since the industrial revolution governments have had time to pass a few laws. What is stopping them?

[@CampingforCool41]

They said in this video, it’s because it costs a ton of money to install. Money is always the problem.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

Money. If regulators wanted to pass laws, businesses would either fight/make loopholes, or the businesses would leave. Sadly, part of why many businesses leave the US is not just cheaper labor costs, but less environmental regulation, making it cheaper to do business somewhere else. If the cost of the filters wasn't necessarily prohibitive, it may also be another factor, such as it makes the pumps less efficient, or would require some special equipment. There also needs to be an effective and available way to dispose of the used filters.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

These are 50 year old dump sites.

[@mariekatherine5238]

The problem in many areas is the fact that the polluters are companies that haven’t existed in many decades. An example would be contaminants in ground water dumped by contractors on the outskirts of Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. The water in a homes built about a decade afterwards became contaminated. The Lab was eventually sued, and in turn, Associated Universities who turned around and sued the Federal Government. At the time of the dumping, the contractors had agreed to remove all chemicals when they left. The dumping, then, was a breach of contract. BNL learned indirectly of the problem in the 1990s when an odd cancer cluster showed up in homeowners. The suit against the Lab and now, US Govt. is not for the dumping itself, but for failure to provide proper supervision. The actual worksite is clean because the contractors dumped the dioxin at the far outskirts of BNL property, at the time, in the middle of undeveloped land. A similar situation exists only a dozen miles from BNL at the site of the former Grumman Aerospace company who were building for NASA and producing planes for the US Navy. Again, a couple of decades passed before the problem manifested itself in cancer and birth defects in the residents of homes not built until the early 1980’s. The bad water is in the process of being eliminated by extending mains water to the affected houses and installation by the Navy, (US Govt.) of a filtration system. The people actually paying for it are the adult children, adult grandchildren, and soon great grandchildren of the people who put it there in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

[@liviuaugustin]

What filters she has? Can someone post the name or link here?

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

Activated carb9n will remove most pfas. Get yourself one of thise 20 inch big blue house filters.. and use two 5micron activated carbon or GAC filters and youll be fine.

[@michellebeckstrom6110]

Only some humans would be SO STUPID AND GREEDY TO DESECRATE the very sources of life that give us everything we need.

[@Tiger-Baby]

Define the police. No desk jockey should be paid a quarter of a million a year! They say they're underpaid... the rookies are on 90k in some places. Make civil suits come out of their budget. And challenge historic contracts where corrupt politicians allowed these companies to leave with no responsibility to clean up nor upkeep their ageing pipe systems.... Research your area. Look at budgets And see how much money is available when you end the huge salaries of officials. They get benefits too. Monitor those. One guy had his own armoured car built! Check your officials. And Research who was in charge at the time the corporations moved in. Rape and pillage. Its all they do. No contemplation of people living with the fear they're going to develop some life threatening condition, and there's no responsibility anywhere. Employ inspectors. There are very few. It's mostly self regulated. How can that be allowed? Are we doing a good job? Oh, yes, we're doing a stellar job. OK... 🙄

[@jamesgoldstien1468]

Not just drinking water.. but people need to bathe

[@Hangstaz]

Wow, stay away from Michigan.

[@melissastarr9280]

I live in michigan... industry has ruined a lot of lives....

[@DETSRC313]

Post industrial consequences continue......

[@house625xx]

It's everywhere

[@calklobuchar]

It’s everywhere

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Democrats destroyed Detroit and the state. Now, there is no money to fix these environmental issues, let alone infrastructure. Michigan has some of the worst roads in the nation.

[@antmanf691]

My grandmother lives in a small town in Michigan called white pigeon. I feel like her water is contaminated as well because she has a private well. The water does have a awkward taste to it, it also smells like methane a bit.

[@lexusl849]

If it smell weird don't drink it.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

Many states offer free water testing, especially for well water. Sometimes it's just a mineral or something that isn't harmful, other times it can be hazardous. Better to find out. A friend of mine has a well that can't be used for drinking without boiling due to E. coli or something like that, but it's fine for bathing.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Most wells have water that tastes or smells funny, thats called NATURE. You can have the well tested, its probably fine, probably just a smelly mineral.

[@kontrygrll01amerika54]

If you have a well then testing should be done. County health departments have testing programs but what they test for varies widely. If you want testing for PFAS and other chemical toxins, then you typically need to look into private testing of water by a private company..

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

For the parents of the baby affected by pfos, didn't anyone tell them that infants are NOT SUPPOSED to drink water until they're at least a year????

[@Nineteen-Eighty-Four]

1. He was being exposed to it while in his mother's womb. 2. Babies begin eating solid food and can drinking water at 6 months. They can also drink a small amount per day prior to 6 months (1oz per month of age per day, which can help constipated babies). 3. He was absorbing it through his skin via bathing. Hopefully, you realize your skin absorbs toxins.

[@markcampbell7577]

This is the reflection of the confusion we are always caught on the diversity of chemicals but there is a common quality. Halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon.

[@mr.RAND5584]

Marilao river in Philippines. Sad...

[@yoo-xe7iv]

Why wouldn't theynat least store the c8 sludge in tanks that won't carode.

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

Yeah they should store it in tanks lined with pfos

[@JohnSmith-tn1te]

They were just dumping it out not trying to store it

[@reeddeer793]

Why should they spend the money to do that? I won’t be having children so who cares if they don’t have anywhere to play outside.

[@325-k9k]

MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN

[@sams8999]

Imagine the chemicals in nail polish, eyelashes, artificial nails, hair dyes...

[@toolshed1979]

And the people who individually gained from these things get to walk away. Corporations are not held accountable or properly discouraged from doing so over and over. Products with little benefit at such a high cost.

[@susanwheadon4487]

Why are their no comments. This is horrendous.

[@melissadickerson9033]

Question for anyone who is smarter than me. Is there pfas in the core drillings of glaciers. Ti.e to look. We are screwed.

[@masoncarvir]

We’ll never win. There’s nothing we can do

[@joshnkatiebartholomew831]

It has always been insane to me that people drink water out of the tap! The response was always… “but this is well water”. No surprise on this at all

[@Phlegethon]

Why is this just ok? This isn’t even ok in China anymore

[@paddy9449]

O, It will be OK TRUST ME!!!!!!....I'm a LAWYER

[@higgsbosonberg4316]

Unresolved lawsuit. Smdh. This is why we need a workers' state.

[@debrapaulino918]

Have to logically ask what would the people employed in these companies have done for work? Family farms have been going out a long time. People have no choice but to follow the work.

[@MH-pe8wj]

24:40 😂 a company taking responsibility. . . . Good luck with that.

[@yashpatel261]

Distill your water people. A distiller costs less than $100 and lasts for years.

[@edgarperezlfwl]

My lease doesn't expire until Dec 31st . Im homeless . 1st Judge - Became Enlightened . 2nd Judge Broke Law . Prairie State Legal - Malpractice Owner - broke lease , ADA , rented commercial as residential . Fox Lake Mayor Malfeasance. I have paper and video proof . No brave attorney . On Our Own. Fed Court Next

[@nononsenseme3936]

What about making all widely cleaning stuffs as organic solvents...? It would be easier to be absorb even discharges get into water bodies,.. Cleaning seems to be more challenging in singular aspects so multiple efforts like organic solvents are surely. Wanna work out ... Amounts of fluorine in multiple forms are a concern everywhere...

[@nononsenseme3936]

There are so many permanent compounds that has been mentioned here which makes water even radiated and a high cause of cancer among living being ... Best way to check it to test vegetations of those territories, floura fauna ...

[@nononsenseme3936]

If it residt chemical proliferations and survive says plants must contain solutions...

[@nononsenseme3936]

Doesn't matter how smart humans play , nervous system are gonna have water with food. Apparels , beauty products , air & all ,..

[@nononsenseme3936]

Do , manufacturings have to be evolved & water bodies have to be saved ...

[@nononsenseme3936]

Regions having fresh water resources also high fluorine amounts in groundwater...

[@cameronr7223]

City I work for filters forever chemicals out of drinking water. Tap water is perfectly clean

[@ElenivonMondlichtApsouneli]

What happened and after many decades everyone find out about this - now it is time to find about the other products especially about medical ... of the last year and warn the people to DON'T DO IT...! If you want a list of them we are very happy to send one, but it will be HUGE and long HAHA ---- ---

[@kinggrooms7473]

You have to have an reverse osmosis system to remove most or all of it and make it safe to drink I don’t use any water that isn’t from my ro system

[@fireworkstarter]

Its sad to see so many people deadly afraid for anything in the comments. Doesnt inspire me with hope that normal people worry about these things.

[@francisinman8039]

What are they doing to help that boy? Can they do blood transfusions with clean blood to try and leach the chemicals from him?

[@chancekruse9570]

What makes it so bad for Michigan, and the rest of the US is the Great Lakes is the source of 10% of the States’ populations drinking water, and 30% of Canadas. If it were to leach into the Great Lakes who knows the consequences and costs.

[@J-T-]

Already IS in the great lakes ....

[@user-es2pf9ec8g]

whenever you lose blood, you lose pfas. you can also try dialysis using hydrophobic filters.

[@StewartDuncanJr]

Rick Schnider was the biggest joke Michigan ever saw. Two words sums him up.................. GATEWAY and FLINT !! He should be in jail for Flint.

[@michaeld4861]

I'm sure Gov. Rick Snyder really cared about people having clean safe drinking water.... oh wait.... guess the good ol' gov. must have never heard about Flint.

[@audrei679]

why would you hcoose to bring another kid into this world knowing the state it's in?

[@jdc9528]

It all comes outta' the ground. I guess it all goes back in ?

[@DavidHuber63]

Wheels of justice turn slow when money rules over life.

[@JohnSalomone-qu4vk]

Boy still living in there world, & they love it so much there trying to raise & bring another child,, to be born like there first how about take care of the devastation you guys went through with the first kid,,to bring another it wasn't bad. ?? that bad of a situation you guys want to risk bringing a kid in this world of bad, living, & that's in both of your minds inspired more child raising,A , place in the shape this planet is going,, You guys got (A FRONT ROW SEAT ),to this way this planet is going or you. Guys think its going to get better??it's going to be a world wide pollution soon enough it's not making any- I mean any sense, or it's not true with all the heart ache you both went through - I guess her look, says it all, nobody's home look, (is just that, )-- lost living in the land of OZ,,but it's the new age of parenting = So what I didn't feel any pain my baby did,or is ( I just want another kid,) but it's no surprise, this couple, matches there IQ= only a Couple), care free,but it's the fun of the attention,, OOWW,,& they get to say we didn't think it would happen again or - for more attention, both of my kids, is sick, now, disappointed no one close to them, to say hay this is no longer safe for anyone, pollution,& more kids, more pollution, but it's a bit,out of there, League someone close help them jezzzzzz,