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So, is everything all of a sudden being poisoned?
Or was this an ongoing phenomenon, that is primarily a result of some combination of deregulation and diversity, which we just started noticing after the East Palestine, Ohio crisis?
It’s not clear to me. There would need to be some kind of serious investigation by someone serious. It certainly feels like things have escalated very quickly, but there are obviously scenarios wherein something that has been going on for a while would have just been noticed recently.
Certainly, the earth has been poisoned by plastics, pesticides, fertilizers, and the various “forever chemicals” for a long time.
A citizens group in North Carolina has formally requested the United Nations to investigate multiple alleged human rights violations stemming from chemical manufacturer Chemours’ toxic PFAS pollution in the region.
About a half million residents live in the Cape Fear River basin between Fayetteville and Wilmington, where Chemours has produced PFAS and polluted the region for over 40 years. The residents face “an environmental human rights crisis … involving pervasive human exposure to toxic chemicals”, according to a communication filed with the UN by Clean Cape Fear and the University of California at Berkeley Environmental Law Clinic.
PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of about 14,000 chemicals often used to make products resistant to water, stains and heat. They are called “forever chemicals” because they are virtually indestructible, and they are linked to cancer, liver problems, thyroid issues, birth defects, kidney disease, decreased immunity and other serious health problems.
A UN human rights commission investigation there would be the first to look into an environmental crisis in the US. Residents say they have been denied the right to clean water, bodily integrity, information, an effective remedy, and a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
University researchers first discovered the pollution in 2017, and North Carolinians are “in disbelief that we are still living with this”, said Clean Cape Fear co-founder Emily Donovan, who resides near Wilmington.
“We’re nearly six years into this and my kids still go to a school that has water with high levels of PFAS,” she added. “Everyone is aware of the problem … and is outraged, and we’re all asking, ‘Why is this still going on?’”
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Residents suspect the pollution is behind anecdotally high levels of cancer and other diseases linked to exposure to the chemicals. Though a brief state health department analysis found elevated levels of one kind of cancer, it and the EPA have refused to carry out the kind of epidemiological studies needed to determine the pollution’s full health effects, and which are required to hold Chemours legally responsible for health problems.
The fact that Republicans have supported deregulation and acted like it was some kind of “freedom” related issue as they enabled multinational corporations to poison poor (and middle class) communities across the country is definitely something that would be worth talking about in any other context but this one.
Right now, the Republican Party is so utterly useless, that unless you want more videos of Hunter Biden smoking crack, there is no reason to engage them at all.
“I am furious with EPA’s failure to act. As a poisoned community member, I am heartbroken. We are turning to the courts because EPA has failed us.” @LunaBlume @CapeFearRiver@CleanCapeFear @NCBlackAlliance @DemocracyGreen @ToxicFreeNC @zachsolon @wectnews https://t.co/ELoaPEPo8l
— Center for Environmental Health (@CenterEnvHealth) January 31, 2022
It saddens us to say this:
We’ll see you in court, @EPA.https://t.co/6vgo2phFtD pic.twitter.com/246pVBldXy
— Center for Environmental Health (@CenterEnvHealth) January 27, 2022
