Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water Sicken Military Families

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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water Sicken Military Families

"FOUNTAIN, Colo. — When Army Staff Sgt. Samuel Fortune returned from Iraq, his body battered by war, he assumed he’d be safe.

Then the people around him began to get sick. His neighbors, all living near five military bases, complained of tumors, thyroid problems and debilitating fatigue. Soon, the Colorado health department announced an unusually high number of kidney cancers in the region. Then Mr. Fortune’s wife fell ill.

The military, it turned out, had been leaching toxic chemicals into the water for decades.

Mr. Fortune felt “stabbed in the back,” he said. “We give our lives and our bodies for our country, and our government does not live up to their end of the deal.”"

Julie Turkewitz reports for the New York Times February 22, 2019.

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Source: NY Times, 02/25/2019