{"id":6895,"date":"2017-02-07T17:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/uncategorized\/colorado-air-force-base-5-year-plan-clean-water-contamination\/"},"modified":"2017-02-07T17:01:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:01:13","slug":"colorado-air-force-base-5-year-plan-clean-water-contamination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/pl\/article\/colorado-air-force-base-5-year-plan-clean-water-contamination\/","title":{"rendered":"5-letni plan Colorado AFB dotycz\u0105cy oczyszczania wody"},"content":{"rendered":"

150,000 gallons of wastewater containing perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) was released from Peterson Air Force Base into the Colorado Springs’ wastewater treatment center. \u00a0The city’s\u00a0wastewater system is not set up to removed these harmful PFCs so they remained in the water even as it was released to Fountain Creek.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The unexplained discharge was discovered during a routine \u00a0tank 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.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Pensylwania<\/u><\/a>\u00a0oraz\u00a0Massachusetts<\/u><\/a>, are experiencing similar problems.<\/p>\n

In order to stand up for the victims in El Paso County, Colorado, the attorneys at\u00a0Napoli Schoolnik PLCC<\/a>\u00a0po\u0142\u0105czy\u0142y si\u0142y z Kancelari\u0105 McDivitt w celu z\u0142o\u017cenia pozwu zbiorowego przeciwko podmiotom odpowiedzialnym za to zatrucie \u015brodowiska. Ta akcja ma na celu nie tylko zebranie pieni\u0119dzy dla ofiar, ale tak\u017ce zako\u0144czenie problem\u00f3w zwi\u0105zanych z zanieczyszczeniem wody wok\u00f3\u0142 Colorado Springs i zapewnienie spokoju ducha wszystkim by\u0142ym, obecnym i przysz\u0142ym mieszka\u0144com.<\/p>\n

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PFC’s<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Prolonged exposure to perfluorinated chemicals has been consistently linked to a wide array of serious health issues, including:<\/p>\n