5-letni plan Colorado AFB dotyczący oczyszczania wody

150,000 gallons of wastewater containing perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) was released from Peterson Air Force Base into the Colorado Springs’ wastewater treatment center.  The city’s wastewater system is not set up to removed these harmful PFCs so they remained in the water even as it was released to Fountain Creek.

PFCs are toxic chemicals found in firefighting foam used at the Peterson Air Force Base and other military installations across the country. They have been linked to prostate, kidney and testicular cancers as well as many other serious health issues.

The unexplained discharge was discovered during a routine  tank inspection where the water was being stored. Air Force officials said they did not find any obvious leaks in the tank but they will also not disclose how high the levels of PFCs were in the wastewater that was released.

Military airfields are suspected by health investigators as a point where the chemicals seeped into the Fountain Creek watershed north of Widefield, Fountain, and Security. More than sixty other locations nationwide, including parts of Pensylwania oraz Massachusetts, are experiencing similar problems.

In order to stand up for the victims in El Paso County, Colorado, the attorneys at Napoli Schoolnik PLCC połączyły siły z Kancelarią McDivitt w celu złożenia pozwu zbiorowego przeciwko podmiotom odpowiedzialnym za to zatrucie środowiska. Ta akcja ma na celu nie tylko zebranie pieniędzy dla ofiar, ale także zakończenie problemów związanych z zanieczyszczeniem wody wokół Colorado Springs i zapewnienie spokoju ducha wszystkim byłym, obecnym i przyszłym mieszkańcom.

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PFC’s

Perfluorinated chemicals rank among the worst in an expanding multitude of unregulated contaminants that federal scientists are detecting in city water supplies, including hormones, pesticides, antibiotics and anti-depressants. Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) do not break down, even if the drinking or cooking water is boiled. In fact, exposing PFCs to high temperature may make them even more dangerous.

Prolonged exposure to perfluorinated chemicals has been consistently linked to a wide array of serious health issues, including:

• Uszkodzenia rozwojowe płodów w czasie ciąży,
• Niska waga po urodzeniu,
• przyspieszone dojrzewanie,
• Zniekształcone kości,
• Rak nerki i jądra,
• uszkodzenie tkanki wątroby,
• Upośledzona produkcja przeciwciał i
• Zmiany cholesterolu.

odszkodowanie w zanieczyszczenie środowiska zwykle obejmuje odszkodowanie za straty ekonomiczne, takie jak rachunki medyczne, oraz straty nieekonomiczne, takie jak utrata radości z życia. Mogą być również dostępne znaczne odszkodowania karne.

Nearby Fountain and unincorporated community Security-Widefield are also dealing with PFC water contamination and the Air Force is investigating to see if the Peterson base is the source of that contamination as well.