WorldBeyond War (WBW) brengt o.a. een artikel waarin het leger van de VS
wordt aangewezen als schuldige voor PFAS vergiftigingen van
waterbronnen, iets waar wij in Nederland wat betreft de PFAS crisis
geen of veel te weinig aandacht voor hebben gehad, immers de niet afbreekbare PFAS chemicaliën belanden uiteindelijk in het grondwater en het is maar de vraag of de
waterzuiveringsinstallaties deze verontreiniging kunnen verwijderen
uit het water dat wij drinken……
In
Californië zoals gezegd vervuiling door jarenlange oefening met
foute blusvloeistoffen/poeders door het Amerikaanse leger, dat zo
nogmaals en geheel ten overvloede nog eens laat zien, dat het niet
alleen in het buitenland, maar ook binnenlands terreur
uitoefent……
Nog een
‘mooi feitje’: ook de PFAS vergiftiging van grond in ons land is voor
een fiks deel terug te brengen op een blusvloeistof/poeder, waar al
in de 70er jaren van de vorige eeuw over bekend was dat ze o.a. kanker veroorzaken, ofwel ook in Nederland moet men hebben
beseft dat deze stoffen gevaarlijk zijn voor de volksgezondheid (uit het
artikel van WBW blijkt dat men dit inderdaad al in de 70er jaren
wist!!!)…. Toch is men in de VS gewoon doorgegaan met het gebruikt
van deze stoffen en hetzelfde moet hier zijn gebeurd……..
In het
artikel van WBW dat ik overnam wordt m.n. over 1 plek in Californië
bericht, echter daar zijn veel meer van deze plakken te vinden, waar
het grondwater al is verontreinigd met een aantal gevaarlijke PFAS
chemicaliën en zoals de schrijver van het artikel terecht opmerkt:
alle chemicaliën in PFAS zijn gevaarlijk!! (zie ook de lijst met aandoeningen in het artikel hieronder, aandoeningen die je over kan houden aan PFAS inname of anders gezegd: vergiftiging met PFASchemicaliën)
In Nederland passen we nu de normen aan, zodat er meer PFAS chemicaliën in de grond mogen zitten als men deze grond wil verplaatsen of op andere manier wil gebruiken……* Te zot voor woorden en levensgevaarlijk!
The groundwater in Victorville
and throughout much of California is contaminated with PFAS, the
“forever chemicals.”
By Pat Elder, February
23, 2020, World BEYOND War
On September 10, 2018 the Lahontan
Regional Water Board tested
the well water of
the home owned by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Culberton located at 18399
Shay Road in Victorville, California. The water was found to contain
high levels of 25 separate PFAS chemicals, several that are known to
be human carcinogens. Culberton’s home is a few hundred feet from
the eastern boundary of the shuttered George Air Force Base.
Culberton declined to be
interviewed so we’ll rely on the public record. The letter he
received from the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board on
February 11, 2019 states:
“Based on the Air Force’s
interview with you, we understand that you and your tenant use
bottled water as your water source, and this well is being used only
for irrigation purposes.
The comparison of the combined PFOS and PFOA
concentration with USEPA’s concentration level (see the table
below) suggests that this well water may not be suitable for human
consumption as it exceeds the lifetime HA level.”
The house next door, located at
18401
Shay Road, was found to have a similarly contaminated well. The
property was sold on June 19, 2018 to Matthew Arnold Villarreal as
sole owner. The transfer took place three months before the well was
tested by the water board. Villarreal is the Water Supply Supervisor
of the City of Victorville Water Department.
The level of
contaminants of other private wells in the vicinity of George AFB is
unknown.
George Air Force Base, which shut
down in 1992, used aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) in routine fire
training exercises, along with nearly 50 other bases in the state.
Per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are the active
ingredient in the foams, which were allowed to leach into groundwater
and surface water.
Despite knowing since the 1970’s
that the practice threatened human health, the military continues to
use the chemicals at installations in the U.S. and around the world.
Groundwater collected on September
19, 2018 at Production
Well Adelanto 4 Victorville, near the intersection of Turner Road
and Phantom East, also showed the presence of dangerous levels of
various PFAS chemicals. The notice from the Lahontan Regional Water
Quality Control Board (RWQCB) was addressed to: Ray Cordero, Water
Superintendent, City of Adelanto, Water Department.
The view from Phantom Road East
at its intersection with Turner Road.
According to the October, 2005
George AFB Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) Adjournment Report,
groundwater plumes containing contaminants had not
migrated into drinking water wells
or in the Mojave River. “The drinking water in the community
continues to be safe for consumption,” according to the final
report.
People in the community have likely
been drinking poisoned water for two generations. Restoration
Advisory Boards have
been criticized for trivializing severe environmental
contamination caused by the military while serving to track and
contain community resistance.
Culberton’s water puts the PFAS
epidemic into perspective. The following chart is taken from the
water board’s letter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Culberton:
Name
ug/L
ppt
6:2
Fluorotelomer sulfonate
.0066
6.6
8:2
Fluorotelomer sulfonate
.0066
6.6
EtFOSA
.0100
10
EtFOSAA
.0033
3.3
EtFOSE
.0079
7.9
MeFOSA
.0130
13
MeFOSAA
.0029
2.9
MeFOSE
.012
12
Perfluorobutanoic
acid
.013
13
Perfluorobutane
Sulfonate
.020
20
Perfluorodecane
Sulfonate
.0060
6
Perfluoroheptanoic
Acid (PFHpA)
.037
37
Perfluoroheptane
sulfonate
.016
16
Perfluorohexanoic
Acid (PFHxA)
.072
72
Perfluorohexane
Sulfonate (PFHxS)
.540
540
Perfluorononanoic
acid (PFNA)
.0087
8.7
Perfluourooctane
Sulonamide (PFOSA)
.0034
3.4
Perfluoropentanoic
Acid PFPeA
.051
51
Perfluourotetradecanoic
Acid
.0027
2.7
Perfluourotridacanoic
Acid
.0038
3.8
Perfluouroundecanoic
Acid (PFUnA)
.0050
5.0
Perfluourodecanoic
Acid (PFDA)
.0061
6.1
Perfluorododecanoic
Acid (PFDoA)
.0050
5.0
Perfluouro-n-Octanoic
Acid (PFOA)
.069
69
Perfluourooctane
Sulfonate (PFOS)
.019
19
The 25 PFAS compounds found in the
Culberton well totaled 940 parts per trillion (ppt.)
Neither the
federal government nor the state of California track or regulate
contamination in private wells. Meanwhile, public health scientists
have warned of the cumulative effect of these carcinogens. The
nation’s top public health officials say 1 ppt of PFAS in drinking
water is potentially dangerous. The NIH’s National Library of
Medicine provides a brilliant search
engine that provides the toxicological effects of the
contaminants above, along with others regularly found in our drinking
water and environment.
Many of the substances are harmful
if they come into contact with the skin. Simply click on the link to
the NIH site above to begin the process of investigating the
disastrous impacts on human health. Some of these chemicals are used
with pesticides as the active ingredient for ant bait traps. In
addition, many PFAS chemicals described above either cause or
contribute to the following conditions:
-
Alterations
in thyroid hormone levels, especially in in aging populations
-
Death
from cerebrovascular disease
-
Increased
serum cholesterol and triglycerides levels
-
Positive
association between PFAS levels and ADHD
-
Maternal
PFAS levels in early pregnancy were associated with smaller
abdominal circumference and birth length.
-
Polycystic
Ovary Syndrome
-
Positive
association between the maternal concentrations of PFOA and the
number of episodes of common cold for the children
-
Increased
episodes of gastroenteritis.
-
Mutations
of DNA
-
Increased
levels of prostate, liver and kidney cancer
-
Liver
and brain dysfunction
-
Airway
inflammation and altered airway function
-
Male
reproductive disorders
- Hypoactive response to
nicotine
At the risk of beating the dead
horse mutagen, two of the most prevalent PFAS contaminants in
Culberton’s water – PFHxS (540 ppt) and PFHxA (72 ppt) are
extraordinarily present in California’s municipal water wells used
for drinking water. Neither the federal government nor the state seem
too concerned with these contaminants. Instead, they’re fixated on
just two of the 6,000 types of PFAS chemicals – PFOS & PFOA –
which are no longer produced or used.
On February 6, 2020 the California
State Water Resources Control Board (CSWRCB) lowered its “Response Level”
to 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOA and 40 ppt for PFOS. If a
water system exceeds the response levels for these carcinogens, the
system is required to take the water source out of service or provide
public notification within 30 days of the confirmed detection.
Meanwhile, of the 568 wells tested by the state in 2019 164 were
found to contain PFHxS and 111 contained PFHxA.
Specifically, PFHxS has been
detected in umbilical cord blood and is transmitted to the embryo to
a larger extent than what is reported for PFOS. Prenatal exposure to
PFHxS is associated with occurrence of infectious diseases, such as
ottis media, pneumonia, RS virus, and varicella in early life.
PFHxA exposure may be associated
with Gilbert Syndrome, a genetic liver disorder, although the
material has not been widely studied. The following charts detail the
state’s water systems with the highest levels of PFHxS and PFHxS in
wells used for drinking water, based on the very limited 2019 data:
Water System
PFHxS in ppt.
San Luis Obispo
Partners
360
JM Sims – San Luis Obispo
260
CB & I Constructors (S.L.O.
240
Strasbaugh, Inc.(S.L.O.)
110
Whitson Ind. Park San Luis Obispo
200
Golden Eagle – Contra Costa Co.
187
Oroville
175
Zone 7 Livermore
90
Pleasanton
77
Corona
61
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Water
System
FFHxA in ppt.
San Luis Obispo
Partners
300
JM Sims – San Luis Obispo
220
Mariposa
77
Burbank
73
Pactiv LLC
59
Santa Clarita
52
Friendly Acres – Tehama Co.
43
Pactiv LLC
59
Valencia
37
Corona
34
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All PFAS chemicals are dangerous.
They’re toxic, highly mobile in groundwater and surface water, and
bio accumulative. Pregnant woman in Victorville and everyone else
everywhere else should be warned not to drink water containing PFAS
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* Zie: ‘PFAS-norm wordt aangepast, zoals het stikstofbeleid >> dansend op de vulkaan‘
Zie ook:
‘Klimaattop Madrid bij voorbaat mislukt‘
