Forever Chemicals - North Carolina's Toxic Tap Water

[@finnnnma]

Remember Snapple in glass bottles.... a start would be go back to glass, reuse, reputpose, recyle.

[@CormacHolland]

And yet they tout “new plastic bottle” on their products now. Absolutely abhorrent.

[@surfershaper]

It's not about glass bottles. It came from the material that makes non stick cookware. Seriously

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

​@@surfershaperplastics are bad too

[@jessiejamesferruolo]

Wow. I was stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville for several years. I had testicular cancer before, but it also happened again about 14 years later. We, as soldiers, had to drink alot of tap water while training. This very well could be part of the reason my cancer came back....

[@KillKushKat]

I manifest that you never get cancer ever again.

[@jay-d8g3v]

@@KillKushKat repent of that new age garbage, all you're doing is presenting a curse upon yourself as it's condemned by God.

[@elizabethcote9070]

Alot of soldiers were exposed to unbelievable situations that they or their families did not know about.😥

[@elizabethcote9070]

🙏🙏🙏

[@neverBragg]

Cellphones stored in pockets are causing testicular cancer. I've studied the issue. Chimney sweeps of UK, Europe have dealt with it for gens, but this is completely NEW, in USA.

[@tatarhead]

Another example of companies prioritizing profit over the health of people.

[@PatrickBaptist]

AND people being lazy and uncaring and just forcing their families to live in a toxic dump rather than fleeing like a wise person would do. You protect your heritage not your possessions.

[@seanandreychuk2649]

​@PatrickBaptist This is a world-wide problem. Why are you an ignorant corpo-simp?

[@robertporter6527]

Now I understand why all the fish are washing up on the shores , not to mention what is happening to their food supply! Talk about thinning the herd, Looks like it has been happening for some time now. I always felt sorry for 3rd world countries, knowing their water supply was questionable and probably responsible for their large amount of sickness. Well, now I know how it feels! 😫🤮

[@FkDJT-ut1hm]

​@PatrickBaptist How nice of you to be a dick.

[@virginiamoss7045]

And paying off politicians, lawmakers, and regulators to do their bidding so they can continue to pollute for better profits for themselves and their investors.

[@Dana9437]

Outstanding documentary. A real public service to everyone in North Carolina and beyond.

[@cjmann3033]

It's Global now, but both Dupont and Dow are American Companies

[@michelledavies2197]

​@@cjmann3033Americans greed is killing us all.

[@EdwardRobl]

This is terrible !!! Dupont/Chemours ought to be held responsible for all this !!! Pay billions out !!!!!

[@laurastabell2489]

PFOS causes death from other diseases like Covid. It triggers something called "immune hyperreactivity"- aka cytokine storms. People didnt die from Covid, they died from PFOS causing an extreme inflammatory reaction to a disease that sent them into shock and then death. That explains why so many people died almost immediately after intubation with teflon medical tubing. Nurses started refusing to intubate and people stopped dying in the hospital. Now the supreme court is deciding if the president can get away with that. Presidental immunity could keep a leader from being held liable for assisting a corporate "person" to kill the sick citizens that can harm that corpirate person from doing their profit making job. The president did the corporations involved a huge favor getting rid of all the people who were sick from PFOS with co-morbidities like cancer and adult onset diabetes that are also from PFOS poisoning, who could sue them...had they lived. This is why citizens united should never have been enacted. Corporations are now considered "people" under the constitution- except that they can give money to a PAC anonymously. Something called " The Freedom PAC" might really be the KEEP Teflon on the market PAC or the Hide the truth about the 600,000 people a year dying from our toxic products PAC. We dont have a way to know. There was already a supreme court ruling in the 1980's that corporations legally exist only to make profits for their shareholders. That was how this went on for so long also. Greed and inhumanity are the law of our land.

[@claytontugwell388]

Paying billions won't fix the peoples problems they should make every one that was in charge of making the decision to dump into the river drink the water straight from the pipe it comes out of

[@OttoLeeProductions]

they should all be in prison but not one spent a day in jail thats a corrupt 2 tier system

[@nubannub8108]

Pay billions? How about shutting down the operation to start with. Then never allowing them to operate again. Paying billions still allows them to do it so it doesn't solve anything other then making the price go up on the items you buy

[@rhondafarley8168]

I strongly agree! Make them drink the water for 10 years

[@BrittishCats]

One of the worst things about this is that it's all convenience chemicals. Teflon pans, waterproof fabrics, cheap foodwrappers, gortex shoes and so on is nothing necessary to human kind. Other options are avalible, sure some less effective, but maybe we need to stop being so damn overly comfy all the time.

[@crypton_8l87]

Great comment. Absolutely.

[@jamianjacobs5898]

☠️ is convenient in America. All the treats we love to consume are really tricks. We enjoy them but they hurt us immensely. The worse it is for us is the more we like it. Then we build a ritual around (habit) the items consumption making it an addiction eventually. Convenience gives way to ritual. The ritual consistently and steadily consumes its participants. Bit by bit. Until cancer or other incurable diseases pop up and then they consume the consumer. Live by the forever chemical, die by the forever chemical. To be a consumer is to be consumed by consumerism.

[@exDivinityFPS]

@@owangejewice Keep telling yourself that while my hundred fifty thousand neighbors die of cancers all because you can't use a spatula to separate an egg from a pan.

[@BrittishCats]

@@owangejewice Still convenience chemicals. PFAS is already being phase out in PPE like FFE since it's an elevatated risk of cancer and going to space ain't necessary for human kind. What is necessary tho is protecting workers and citizens from exposure to dangerous carninogens. The risk/benefit is off the wall and the colleteral damage should never be accepted.

[@Dana9437]

then there's the popcorn problem

[@adcraziness1501]

Being required to give bottled water to residents because you contaminated their entire home, is pathetic. DuPont is pathetic. This economy and society is pathetic. How did this become the pathetic timeline?

[@ryanTDG]

It all started with Rockefeller in the 19th century. That man was not happy w the government breaking up his monopoly so he turned the government into one.

[@MDAdams72668]

YUP THEY SHOULD HAVE TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTERS IN EVERY EFFECTED HOME

[@elainegoad9777]

When I was a kid and young person everything came in glass bottles, even our milk. All bottles were returnable and we got a refund. We kids would go out looking for discarded soda and beer bottles and take them to the local liquor store and get our return money. We'd then be off to the Drug Store Soda Fountain to get a treat ( Ice-cream soda, ice-cream, real cherry coke) with our refund money or a comic book. The "Milkman" delivered our milk 2X a week to a cooler box on the porch and picked up the empty glass milk bottles to be sanitized and reused. Plastics are ruining our health, water, earth. Plastics don't biodegrade and enrich the earth, they poison us.

[@tw8464]

Exactly

[@marlannakennedy4508]

The plastic are not even recyclable. Several cities have contaminated water and are forced to drink bottled water. These products are polluting the Earth.

[@havabrownkittycat7107]

And yet deregulation is getting wider support.

[@cjmann3033]

Yeah, just keep voting for Republicans ! Especially. TRUMP!. HE toutes Deregulation!

[@FkDJT-ut1hm]

Republicans push for it every chance they get.

[@hezekiahbeatriceamish2263]

@@FkDJT-ut1hmTrue, but what’s more insane is the people who vote for Republicans despite the fact their positions and who Republicans actually advocate for.

[@gman6081]

Republicans push heavily for deregulation and defunding the EPA. Go ahead. Keep voting for them.

[@justjulie2859]

Trump deregulated a lot of pollution policies, he was bought and paid for. Disgusting.

[@bladesofdestiny]

The bottles they supply for drinking water also has plastic in them

[@Alobster1]

The bottles don't contain any PFAS or plasticizers

[@LadywatchingByrd]

Okay AI bot😅 you do know that plastic bottles are made of plastic right?????😅😅😅😢

[@LadywatchingByrd]

​@@Alobster1you are lying lobster.

[@bladesofdestiny]

Lol I know even recently there was a study that showed orange juice had a massive amount of plastic in there bottles basically and liquid that held in a plastic water bottle is contaminated

[@donnadawson9910]

I think what this person means is the water in bottles will be contaminated with plastic so therefore human will ingest more chemicals. That's what i got out of it anyway. I find people eager to pounce on others instead of focus on the situation which is consuming chemicals is likely bad no matter the way it comes.

[@EdwardRobl]

Sounds like another " Erin Brockovich " story. Very hurtful, even sinful that Dupont/employees did this all these years !!! State of North Carolina ought to hold the company responsible or did the State of N.C. kn of this and were paid off ???

[@cjmann3033]

They did this all over the US, and Globally!

[@virginiamoss7045]

Most likely paid off everywhere. Europe nixed them quickly as their governments care about their people. They outlawed lead in paint in the 1940s; the US didn't do that until 1979, nearly 40 years later. I often wish I lived in Europe.

[@Hyperion1040]

Forever chemicals are everywhere and it's still produced

[@MM-PraiseHim]

When I lived in Southport, all of my dogs kept having kidney failure and cancer. I moved to central NC and those that came with me died of cancer or kidney failure. I am a new cancer survivor. I often wondered what was in the water.

[@EdwardRobl]

WHY DID IT TAKE 44 YEARS TO DISCOVER ALL THIS ??????

[@CT-vm4gf]

It was discovered decades ago that.

[@outdoorsy01]

It was known years ago. Chose to ignore

[@owangejewice]

Just like climate change, we knew. We knew.

[@tonynunez6539]

Republicans protect these companies.

[@nolanholmberg311]

When you are a corporate entity like DuPont and you are based in a country like the united states of america. You can just use your ungodly amount of money to bribe (lobby) the government and their officals to look the other way. Unlike most other first world countries on earth, the USA is quite unique in their legalizing a institutionalizing corruption and bribery by calling it 'lobbying' and making it legal. There's a reason your congressman couldn't give a single crap about you and your issues but will HOP SKIP AND JUMP INTO ACTION when their corporate benefactors ask them to write a law to give them our tax money, deregulate them, get rid of lawsuits for them, etc.

[@Nef_TheGreat]

Thank you for covering this story. Sending love from South Carolina

[@963ag]

The Camp Lejeune Marine Corps/ Navy military base, is perhaps the most well- known, widespread, and long- running water contamination case in North Carolina... But, apparently this is a huge problem both on military bases and in the civilian arena - and, in many states. This is outrageous and shameful - that the government more often than not, covers up, downplays, and ignores such things. Who knows how many are affected? It has been up to a few activists and lawyers, and some victims themselves, to make legislative changes and initiate litigation.

[@carlariggs525]

the water issue at Camp Lejeune was not caused by Dupont.

[@963ag]

@@carlariggs525 That is true, but still it is terrible and was allowed to destroy lives for decades!

[@PeterPan-h7y]

@@963ag It's not just the government that's covering it up,first it is these toxic companies and people that know they have toxic chemicals harmful but they are looking out for their own ass and they can't stand to be told what to do and they have a superiority complex too like their companies do no wrong,it about kill's them to admit they are guilty or wrong for something,and some other people only care about finance and don't care what happens to the people.Then when someone does get the government involved,most the times the government isn't looking out for the victims,the government is trying to help save some big company or protect the bad guys from looking bad.

[@susanmazura3924]

The government does NOT serve the people The people NEED to take the power away from it It has NO purpose any longer It’s a crying shame it’s come to this satan is in power Jesus COME SOON

[@Thurston86]

@@carlariggs525 No one said it was.

[@222dyan]

Also, the plastic and chemicals in the plastic water bottles they're giving you are toxic as well. OMG!

[@CT-ob2bw]

BPA free bottles should be mandatory without increased costs passed onto consumers!

[@Mwm-x3n]

If we don't make some serious life style and mind set changes now we are all going to regret it. This statement is nowhere near as urgent and chilling as it needs to be.

[@963ag]

Water is necessary for life... If the government covers up serious issues, how are unfortunate people to know that what they are using contains toxins? Often the truth doesn't come out until decades after the damage has been done!

[@Andrew-iq5ud]

Were all totally cooked

[@noniboalt9548]

Thank you Beth Marquesino. Bless.

[@bethmarkesino839]

Thank you for all your support and advocacy Noni!!

[@UserName_no1]

Lets all take the opportunity to thank WRAL DOCs for this revealation that they felt compelled to publish. Once they realized that they, as well as their familes and loved ones, had been duped by DuPont. Without that, this story would've never seen the light of day. (This coming from a decades long ardent consumer of WRALs product.)

[@sheiilablackwell1626]

My son died pf liver disease and my husband has prostate and colon canser i have kidney disease

[@zachmueller2912]

We need to stop debating liberal or conservative social issues, and focus on holding these corporations accountable. Dupont already got caught with dumping tefflon (C8), and the STILL did it with a similar chemical. They wont learn unless we hurt their wallets bad.

[@bcc7777]

Yep, but some won't recognize that it's not a red VS blue issue. It's an US vs these fuc+ING government issue.

[@bruggetje]

These same businesses done the same thing in western europe. Netherlands and Belgium

[@cjmann3033]

They did it Globally. Now banned those companies in most of EU

[@brianwalden9926]

Also in India and no telling where else

[@PeterPan-h7y]

In north carolina,I don't think the contamination is only in camp legeum,i think the water contamination is right in our kitchen sink faucets,in the water we drink.North carolina and the south are real bad to try to make a liar out of people and try to act like there is never any wrong doing or imprfections in the south,they have a superiority complex.

[@tw8464]

So true

[@aggierowe9574]

And still people are moving here in droves!! The RE home prices are rising here and Wilmington is overbuilt by greedy developers

[@tw8464]

Yeah all these people don't know about the contamination. Everyone needs to tell them

[@palmereldritch_6669]

Let's don't forget, sperm counts have dropped by HALF over the past 60 years. Funny how that kinda lines up with the plastics revolution. I'm not saying causation is proven, but we do know that estrogen mimicking compounds and forever chemicals definitely do not improve the situation, to say the least.

[@mrs.natashaellwood8634]

The scary this is there are forever chemicals in the plastic water bottles they are giving her

[@yygg9786]

at this point i wonder what doesnt have forever chemicals!

[@cierragay6272]

Yes

[@LadywatchingByrd]

I would never take water from the company that poisons me. ☹️🧐

[@BJsmith-l7h]

SHAMEFUL 😡They need to be SUED and put out of business 😡

[@yygg9786]

why on earth would they discharge it to a river!????????

[@cardphins68]

$$$$, what else? It's still a tragedy no matter.

[@crypton_8l87]

All discharge goes into water systems. It's physics.

[@yygg9786]

@@crypton_8l87 but why

[@owangejewice]

That was like plan d for them, initially they tried to mix the chemical runoff with potato starch to make a porridge they could sell to poor people. No joke, you can't make this stuff up.

[@nolanholmberg311]

Shareholder profits. Duh. Capitalism 101. It's cheaper to dump your chemical waste into a nearby river than to properlly dispose of it. That's why regulations exist to begin with. Cause them boys in the late 1800s early 1900s realize that you can't trust a company to do the right thing when their ENTIRE purpose is to make as much money as possible. The government has to hold them accountable because if not them, no one else will. However because the united states is one of the only countries on earth that made Bribery and Corruption legal by defining it as 'lobbying' and that's how companies like Dupont who have in the past and continue to this day, poison our country will have little accountability. Because they spend millions of dollars per year bribing our politicians to look the other way.

[@hezekiahbeatriceamish2263]

How about voters stop electing politicians who champion deregulation that weakens the government and strengthens corporations, while still expecting the government to fix these issues? It’s like giving an arsonist a match and, once the house is already up in smoke, calling the fire department. It doesn’t make sense.

[@hollynonya6991]

That's exactly what you want! Lobbyist get to write their OWN regulations! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmiUp5lon7ZnoMksi=Gopb30y1wJPjG3sQ

[@vanessaschaefer3593]

What is the name of the environmental attorney in Florida that is an expert in this area?

[@mommymawmaw1852]

There are forever chemicals in all the water around the world not just in North Carolina. 😢

[@tw8464]

Exactly. We're destroying the biosphere. It'll become too toxic for anything to survive

[@SpeakerOfTruth444]

Every resident in that state and surrounding states should stand united and sue the EPA and the companies in a class-action lawsuit every time it happens.

[@hollynonya6991]

It's hard to do with heavy regulation

[@WendellBurkhart-g9v]

30 bottles every 2 weeks !!! That's unbelievable what these companies gets by with. A normal Husband and Wife would go through 30 jugs of water a week, much less 2 weeks 😡

[@quantumquestions5849]

so its ok for them to contaminate the ocean too?

[@lexie5066]

When I moved to NC in 2020, I started to get a chronic sore throat, felt hot, and my glands were swollen and tender, almost like I was always fighting off a cold. I finally realized it happened after I drank the tap water, it was like a chemical burn in my throat or something. I got a water distiller and it fixed the problem. The things left behind in the distiller machine every day makes me shudder. Me, husband and dog drink and cook with distilled water only.

[@preciouscry]

I learned this all today in class.

[@Dana9437]

that's great! are you in high school or college?

[@preciouscry]

@@Dana9437 college

[@virginiamoss7045]

Good to know! Did you also learn how to fight the rich and powerful? I'm assuming you are a young person so you and your peers should prepare to do battle with your own governments for the rest of your lives. We failed to do that and I'm sorry, but we were kept from knowing.

[@pluckybellhop66]

I'm impressed, they didn't even talk about 9/11 when I was in school

[@catalinamarquez6937]

So everything is being contaminated means means plants vegetable food everything grow with water is being contaminated

[@TomMcinerney-g9b]

Which raises the questions about agricultural pesticides and Roundup(glyphosate, and 2,4-D): how is that contributing to groundwater?

[@AltruisticWarrior]

Correct which inevitability makes its way into our eggs, milk, cheese and meat as well.

[@hezekiahbeatriceamish2263]

And being sold for both local and mass distribution.

[@melli-yelli-i8i]

It sounds like you can’t even have a vegetable garden or local produce or even local food, it sounds like it would work its way into any consumables

[@JoSeph-yp5mb]

@@melli-yelli-i8i dont forget the chemtrails

[@EdwardRobl]

Where was the State of NC EPA all these years ??? And the federal EPA cking on this company ???? No accountability all these years ????????

[@ease5000]

This is what conservative politicians and judges result in -- one of their main priorities is deregulating these companies, even to the point of abolishing the EPA. Usually these polluters get away with a slap on the wrist because they pour money into lobbying, lawyers, and fake science to cast as much doubt on the glaring obvious results of their actions. Same playbook polluters have always used, and big tobacco, etc. The leadership of these companies and the politicians that enable this behavior have no actual souls. But of course they blind themselves with cognitive biases so they can excuse it and sleep at night.

[@hollynonya6991]

Lobbyist

[@sheiilablackwell1626]

My husband had prostate cancer and colon cancer our son died of liver

[@jamessmith-hs7if]

Instead of deregulating industry, all the evidence points to needing more regulation. It’s not even debatable at this point.

[@hollynonya6991]

No kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmiUp5lon7ZnoMksi=Gopb30y1wJPjG3sQ

[@Goldsamurai7777]

I've thyroid cance/a birth defect ecause of the all the PFAS in NC water, this is beyond wicked and sad, someone needs to be arrested and charged.

[@ryanehlis426]

How about ban Teflon production

[@hezekiahbeatriceamish2263]

Well that’s telling corporations what to do, Republicans would never stand for that, it doesn’t matter how many people get sick and die.

[@ZiggyZeee]

This documentary focuses on a small area of land in this country. Unfortunately experts estimate that 100% of people on earth have pfas and pfos in their blood. They aren’t going anywhere sadly, for an estimated 100,000+ years and yet we will still continue to make them likely forever.

[@HeyJude96]

Just watched the Love Canal documentary and its so weird that in this one, their bottled water is by a brand named Niagara smh

[@marcellesmith4811]

Yes good documentary

[@lornataylor2747]

I just watched this, and it hit home for me. Living in Union County, I’ve been diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning, likely due to toxic tap water. I found this alarming report from EWG, which shows that 10 contaminants in our water exceed health guidelines. If you're concerned about your water, go to EWG and enter your zip code to see how contaminated your tap water is. This issue isn't just isolated to one area, and everyone deserves access to safe drinking water. Spread the word, and let's hold those responsible accountable.

[@EdwardRobl]

The river can dramatically cleaned out, called 'dredgeing''/sucking out from bottom of river..esp. in the ume area.

[@kellylyons1038]

Yes, this is how many superfund sites get remediated. Its very expensive though and comes with its own legal battles, which take time to resolve.

[@cjmann3033]

​@@kellylyons1038I think I heard a town in Michigan sued them. Took time and then billions of dollars, but they won!

[@tursiopsgirl8]

That doesn't solve contaminated ground water. These companies should be paying for filtration systems to be installed in the homes of thousands of people - everyone in the river water aquifer and everyone in the air fall out region. Dupont is a despicable company!

[@robinsuggs2169]

What are Mark Robinson's policy proposals for addressing this? Nothing I'll bet... He's too worried about what bathroom to use.

[@jayw729]

Well men should use men’s rooms and ladies the ladies room. That is a concern if a grown man is allowed in the ladies room, cause little girls also uses the room.

[@robinsuggs2169]

@@jayw729 Common sense... never had a problem with that.

[@Jaxmusicgal23]

@fancythat5136that is a bigger question to answer and why his buddy Josh Stein as AG and now running for governor… what are you doing about this now in power?

[@Kelly-vh3wt]

Great I lived in Wilmington and never knew

[@ypraisethesun4431]

Never forget Duke energy of Raleigh dumped coal ash waste into the pamlico sound.

[@Jaxmusicgal23]

Yep, and they were allowed to raise their utility prices to cover the cost of their fines instead of having to actually take the financial hit. I think that companies caught doing this kind of crap should be disallow from raising the price of their product and or service in order to cover for the fines and have to actually take them monetary hit so that it hurts them, and it doesn’t pass onto the customers . Especially if the companies are utilities… I didn’t dump the pollution having to pay for the companies mistake? The company should have to take that hit. It’s not like you can move your house and change who handles your utilities.

[@vanessaschaefer3593]

You should not have to fight for clean water in this country!! This is not a third world country!! But its sure looking that way these days!!

[@StephMJohnson]

This is what life/government ruled and owned by capitalism looks like. Our government has failed to protect us and our environment

[@croberts2358]

These companies don't give a crap it's all about profit and stock price. They have no morals. But yet they want to tell you how much they care about your kids and your health and whether you have enough to eat and whether your food is being grown properly and whether Amish people are not putting enough chemicals in their food to keep you safe.. Follow the money

[@karenchargo8616]

Try Badin NC! Same thing

[@karenchargo8616]

No one wants to talk about that! ALCOA 😢

[@rhoja1]

sue the companies involved & the City you live in.

[@Nashua-l1h]

The mining industry has extracted many of the earth's minerals all through the US, leaving behind toxic minerals on the topsoil and in underground tunnels. When mining industries crack the ground beneath, rain slowly finds its way into the tunnel where toxic minerals and water mix! Water seeps down into aquifers of water, which toxic minerals mix, polluting well water entering homes. The filtering system into a household, only catches some of the pollutants that people drink! This is not just a North Carolina problem, it's a global problem!

[@jackicrew5849]

I live downtown Wilmington, NC. In the mornings, the air smells bad and is thick. There is no way they aren't still pumping chemicals into the air. I used to live in Los Angeles and even on the worst days, the air quality was better there. I have had many health problems pop up recently, including breast lumps and am beginning to become worried about my dog's health too. After going running at Brunswick Nature Park, I felt really bad physically. I have no way to prove any of this but this is big.

[@neverBragg]

Not long ago, 4 states appropriately brought suit against dupont. The authorities ignore. Hmmmmmmm

[@sylvester2294]

Wondering if the flowing water will eventually diminish the concentration??

[@jackicrew5849]

I am surprised no one is investigating the International Paper plant in Riegelwood, NC for similar pollution issues.

[@NoneBusiness-ej8qz]

Forever chemicals are in our creek NC VA parkway so it's much worse than people realize.

[@croberts2358]

Politicians are getting rich off of stock.

[@finnnnma]

Microplastics in bottled water. Only glass bottled Spring Water - insist on that.

[@lemongrass6052]

I'm sorry I might've missed this in the video, but my question is, when did this begin?

[@emiliasworld3511]

14:20 for almost 40 yrs

[@AndreasOWL]

@@emiliasworld3511 Teflon was invented to protect the sherman tank from limpet mines. After World War 2 dupont did not know what to produce without war so they invented the Teflon pan.

[@3ngi_n33r]

07:16 And how do these chemicals get into the air?

[@jujumulligan43]

The shocking information continues to reveal the extent of the profound greed and criminal actions of major corporations in America. Again and again it's documentaries about toxins in our food, water and in products we use every day. I feel helpless sometimes. But I am trying to stay educated and become a wise consumer. You have to read labels carefully these days and especially the fine print. It's criminal what these giant corporations are doing to our beautiful nest.

[@sedalia9356]

A reverse osmosis + activated charcoal filtration system is

[@MesaBoogieman82]

Go back to 1988 when people accepted buying bottled water rather than fix the problems of toxic water in the first place.

[@yygg9786]

everything has a risk and side efect. how could they be so ignorant and put chemicals to everything!?

[@jamianjacobs5898]

Not ignorance. Prudent and diabolically planned. Toxicology on food products are always tested for safety and efficacy PRIOR to public sale. This is a big part of what the FDA does as a bureaucracy. Since these chemicals have made it into everything, who was in charge of the FDA to conclude that these poisons are somehow “safe”? Safe poison is a literal oxymoron. No such thing. The issue with lawsuits is “causation or causal factors“, associated directly with cancer. The online bots and hypocritical sycophants all agree that, a minuscule amount of a “forever chemical “ minimally consumed is not enough to definitively say that the “chemical in question “ is the sole “cause” of the alleged diseases suffered by mammals/humans beings. Okay fine. No American consumer, consumes only one contaminated product. Many corporations follow the same model of using the cheapest ingredients which coincides with poor health. When those cheap ingredients come packaged in contaminated plastics, it is an unmitigated health disaster. Why? Because advertising attacks our instincts and insecurities; masterful diabolical manipulation of the masses. We become addicted to, and we think the worst products for our health, will somehow make us healthier and happier. They make poisons affordable and conveniently accessible for all. For burgers to chips, soft drinks, and dinner ware, clothing and shoes, inside our vehicles and our carpets. This means, a little for breakfast with your coffee, at lunch and dinner daily, the 3 hours we spend inside our cars DAILY, the showers we take and the water we drink, make for a far more significant exposure rate than what the supporters of these chemicals claim. These chemicals build up in our bodies and have been proven to remain in the human body for at least 4 years from initial exposure/ingestion. This time frame is correlated with the LEGAL EXPOSURE LIMITS imposed by the FDA/EPA. However, it is nearly impossible not to consume PFAS/PFOAS because of their ubiquitous corporate popularity. Plus the agencies meant to protect the people are on the take. How many former corporate executives have taken root in the EPA and FDA? Worth a 👀. No theories. None. There exists a confluence of actions at the corporate level. Across industries, if these forever chemicals could be used , they have been and there have been little to no viable alternatives presented to the public. So, corporations have not only been greedy, they have also been complicit in keeping public health in a steadily declining state, yet science lies and says people are living longer. No. We CAN live longer, yet we don’t because everything we consume is contaminated with enough “safe and acceptable amounts” of poison. A little here and there adds up. If the consumer doesn’t actively eliminate these toxins then there is a near certainty that they will contract disease.

[@owangejewice]

Don't look down your nose at the past. You're eating a chemical for dinner tonight that we will be cleaning up and warning about in the very near future.

[@yygg9786]

@@owangejewice 😮‍💨but do we know what items will be declared as chemicals in future? nope

[@Phlegethon]

Why are we debating what’s already proven? Why can’t the government do the most basic minor move and just ban non stick coated cooking pans to start

[@cjmann3033]

It's way worse than the pans. It's in your water, ground, air.

[@hezekiahbeatriceamish2263]

Because these companies pay millions of dollars to politicians through lobbyists and campaign contributions, and the media through advertising dollars. Combined, they have been effective using rhetoric to 1)dumbed down voters 2)distract them with unimportant BS. Unfortunately, there far too many uninformed voters who cast ballots based on emotion rather than the issues directly impacting their daily lives. Why in the world would anyone in their right mind vote for someone who champions deregulating corporations, despite all the damage corporations have and continue do to so many communities in the name of generating more profit?

[@SamanthaNicole-or3zt]

Because these companies lobby politicians. If they speak out against these companies then they're not going to be paid. These politicians don't care about the people, just themselves.

[@tursiopsgirl8]

Buy banning PFOS use in consumer products means there's no money in making the chemicals so we stop future contamination.

[@dc-wp8oc]

Old sayings are "old" because they are true. "Prevention is worth a pound of cure." Suggest a new NC State motto: "Move to NC. Land of contamination and legislators who don't give a damn."

[@JB-70]

And they are using water in plastic bottles. I'm sure that's chemical laden as well!

[@kenhunt5153]

Important local doc. Thanks for making this. Will anyone go to prison for this? As usual just pay a huge class action lawsuit in which part of those costs are tax deductible. We need government regulations. Whether it's hog farms, pressure treated wood chemicals, lead or herbicides. So, who are you going to vote for in NC and for President? Elections have consequences.

[@MPam1619]

What about tap water in Raleigh, Durham and the surrounding municipalities?

[@croberts2358]

Did they just change the name of the company?? In 2019 to solve the problem? And they cared so much that they let people drink contaminated water for five more years

[@EdwardRobl]

dear Emily, everyone living in that 'plume' area should be getting " Chelation Therapy'. It will take the PFAS, PFOA's, etc out of the body. Professionals all over the country do this procedure in their offices .Ck it out & spread the word.

[@963ag]

Chelation helps with heavy metals, but not volatile organic compounds... Toxins can fall into various groups... I am affected by the Camp Lejeune water contamination, and learned that chelation doesn't help with the toxins there- PCE, TCE, benzene, etc. Nor does it help with dioxins.

[@karenchargo8616]

Can someone please answer WHY they have to build by water? Water sheds? Why they are monitoring how many fish the community can eat? Why PCB's are so high? Why the gov feels that when they call for a "clean up", they replace the soil from other toxic landfills? Even if they ship the soil from another state?

[@katherineking3174]

When we refuse God's wisdom, we get to use our own

[@phyllisalderson6247]

It ain’t good ,, we seem to got wisdom ,, from man ,,,,,,, 🤷‍♀️

[@richieuhh85]

Is there a class action lawsuit somewhere? I lived there my entire life and drank/swam in that water all the time.

[@Aboutmyfathersbiz]

Does this effect South Carolina too?

[@cjmann3033]

Cannot use Bottled Water, as it's in the plastic bottles!

[@whomeverwherever]

Why this and the many other poisons/chemicals are legal is beyond me. Such a disgusting world. Father, protect us. Please be merciful.

[@karlameredithheld]

exactly!

[@snowman374th]

WELL WHEN THE PEOPLE RISE UP AND START HOLDING THEIR EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTABLE... THEN MAYBE WE CAN HOLD THE COMPANY ACCOUNTABLE AFTER THEY STOP FIGHING FOR THAT JOB.

[@MrTrecutter1]

Do something about it Attorney General

[@Jaxmusicgal23]

Yeah, why aren’t Cooper and Josh Stein doing something about it now? And Josh Stein is running for governor and won’t do anything about it probably either …. It’s the same thing going on in the federal government . If you were already in power and aren’t doing anything to fix it, why would reelecting the same people fix the problem?

[@IntangibleChic]

What about now with hurricane helene? Toxic sites in NC can be impacted. Also in Asheville CTS poisoned water too. What is going to happen?

[@jmc8076]

Similar in many countries and areas worldwide?

[@elainegoad9777]

Chemicals, pesticides etc... is causing health issues all over our country. I believe my sister had Parkinson's disease ( a neurological disorder) caused by pesticides used on all the Apple Orchards/Grape Orchards she lived near for 40 years. Pesticides in the air from spraying and seeping into the ground water and well water. My sister had well water at her house. I've always had city water. My younger sister died in 2021 from Parkinson's.

[@johnCjr4671]

American Companies apparently have either no oversight or corrupted oversight ? WTF happened to the EPA ?

[@brianwalden9926]

F DuPont and F 3M

[@jayward6115]

Me and my ex wife lived in Tobermory North Carolina 1 mile from what was then DuPont Fayetteville plant . We lived Closer then anyone in Grey's Creek or Tobermory . from 2008 or 2009 to 2012 address 704 Tobermory Rd .and my first child was still born and died . . All our animals had tumors from chickens to goats to dogs. I used to hunt and fish 1 mile from DuPont on the Cape fear all the animals I hunted had tumors . .we could not sustain living there and thankfully moved in early 2013 the plants name changed from Dupont Fayetteville works to daniels and chemours . We deserve reparations and payment from Dupont Fayetteville works for wrong doing

[@robertporter6527]

They are paying the fines to the EPA - but still claim that they are not liable???? If not them ? then WHO ? Come on man. 🥵

[@jayward6115]

@@robertporter6527 go to lock and damn number 3 on the Cape fear river .i they now have a new huge water treatment plant . I used to eat the fish I caught there .without knowing over 15 years ago

[@EdwardRobl]

Hey, ANDREW BOWLGARTE, how is this 'bias' video like you stated ?? pls. educate us !!

[@EdwardRobl]

That is the 'plume' area.

[@annesnead2291]

Another good reason to vote for Josh Stein.

[@virginiamoss7045]

And the US government complains because of the low birth rate (ignoring the high maternal death rate completely) and wonders why young people are choosing to not have children. They not only can't afford children, but they can't even physically produce babies. Men's sperm counts are low and pregnancies go awry, often endangering women's lives now that abortions are all illegal (also completely ignoring women) and ob/gyn doctors are refusing to even continue in their field. Governments are not doing their jobs because Republicans (who have an electoral advantage) don't like to pay taxes. It costs money to regulate and prosecute and to govern. With no government we would all have to fight everybody else to get what we need all the time in a chaotic and desperate world. Tax the rich heavily and protect the citizens!

[@azrahostetler571]

Women like myself also have endocrine disorders that prevent ovulation and unable to produce without medical intervention!

[@jacobhotaling8959]

damn this is literaly just up the road an hour from me

[@tonynunez6539]

Hold Republicans accountable for deregulation and protecting these companies.

[@EmmaMcMillan-ud4zp]

How it is republicans fault when we have had democrat and republican presidents since DuPont has been poisoning us. This is outside politics this is about the people you don’t even know running the show.

[@lynettemyers5181]

This isn’t a party issue it’s a HUMAN issue. As long as we place blame it will NEVER be fixed

[@robertporter6527]

@@EmmaMcMillan-ud4zp You don’t think a group of Oligarchs are behind the scenes trying to “thin the herd “ do you? 😈

[@robertporter6527]

@@EmmaMcMillan-ud4zp You don’t think a group of Oligarchs are behind the scenes trying to “thin the herd “ do you? 😈

[@walter9724]

No such problems here in this part of Australia. Beautiful untouched remnants of the original rainforest that covered Australia 2 wells and a bore and 3 100,000 rainwater tanks of nothing but crystal clear pure water. Just show though in this video that Americans and big companies don't care.

[@warrenhall7060]

YOUR WRONG THERE BUDDY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO CARE WE ARE RULED BY A POLICE STATE IF YOU HAVENT NOTICED AND POWERLESS TO DO MUCH ABOUT IT SO WHY DONT YOU STFU...

[@cjmann3033]

Dupont and Dow are Global. Which countries have the most PFAS? Australia, China, the United States and parts of Europe were shown to be global hotspots of high concentrations of PFAS. A separate study published in the summer of 2023

[@finnnnma]

I wonder if filters would work?

[@chaielmaetheius7804]

These companies were paying under the table to epa and other government agencies for immunity

[@adriennedeontesmith2020]

My family is from NC, I didn’t like to even take a shower because the water smells so bad.

[@jondavis2206]

It’s a good thing we have the government to protect it’s citizens.