Military fire-fighters use cancer-causing foams to extinguish fires and in routine drills; Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (Department of Defense photo)
On Sunday, March 21 – the day before World Water Day – Earth Democracy is offering a webinar to introduce you to our newly designed website. This redesigned Military Poisons website exposes the connections between the military and PFAS contamination of our water, food, and bodies.
Does the U.S. military consider the costs of the water and land clean-up or public health effects?
When they use PFAS for fire-fighting or the new reformulated substitute, GENX, these are both considered equally toxic!
The PFAS family of “forever chemicals” accumulate in our bodies and are linked to cancer, liver damage, increased risk of asthma and thyroid disease, and decreased fertility. Most alarmingly, they are now found in breast milk, the placenta and umbilical cord blood.
Register in advance for this program here. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Seating is limited to 100 registrants.
This reformatted Military Poisons website is both a resource and research tool for those wanting to learn more and ready to take grassroots action. WILPF US member, Pat Elder, started the site in 2019 as part of Earth Democracy’s California 2020 PFAS Tour. Now, Earth Democracy has used a WILPF US mini-grant and the technical expertise of Better World Creative, a small woman-owned company, to completely redesign our website. Now the information is more accessible, easier to navigate, and filled with new information about the military and PFAS contamination.
We’ll show how to research military contamination sites – confirmed and suspected – in your state and region, and we’ll introduce you to the newest PFAS and the Military project that is starting in Vermont.
Hear about the Vermont project and from those working on it:
- PFAS investigative journalist, Pat Elder
- Women’s and public health expert, Patricia Hynes
- WILPF Burlington Team Leader, Marguerite Adelman
- Community Outreach Coordinator, Kyendamina Cleophace Mukeba
- Vermont Project Coordinator and Environmental Advocate, James Ehlers
If you have question, please contact:
Marguerite Adelman at madel51353[at]aol[dot]com
