[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Pentagon tries to dodge PFAS lawsuits over a product it helped invent"

[Linda Robles]

That's awesome 👍. The judge is not buying it. All federal contractors
hired by the federal government, must be held accountable for the mess they
created.

Linda

On Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 6:18 AM Lenny Siegel <LSiegel at cpeo.org> wrote:

> Pentagon tries to dodge PFAS lawsuits over a product it helped invent
> The U.S. government is seeking immunity from 27 lawsuits related to a
> toxic firefighting foam used on military bases.
>
> By Zoya Teirstein
> Grist
> March 12, 2024
>
> The United States government said it is immune to 27 lawsuits filed by
> local and state governments, businesses, and property owners over the
> military’s role in contaminating the country with deadly PFAS, also known
> as “forever chemicals.” The lawsuits are a small fraction of the thousands
> of cases brought by plaintiffs all over the country against a slew of
> entities that manufactured, sold, and used a product called aqueous
> film-forming foam, or AFFF — an ultra-effective fire suppressant that
> leached into drinking water supplies and soil across the U.S. over the
> course of decades.
>
> The Department of Justice asked a U.S. district judge in South Carolina to
> dismiss the lawsuits last month, arguing that the government can’t be held
> liable for PFAS contamination. Lawyers for the plaintiffs called the move
> “misguided” and said that dismissing the lawsuits would extend an ongoing
> environmental catastrophe the Pentagon helped create.
>
>
> …
>
> For the entire article, see
>
> https://grist.org/health/pentagon-tries-to-dodge-pfas-lawsuits-over-a-product-it-helped-invent/
>
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> Lenny Siegel
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