Inside Pentagon's effort to clean up 'forever chemicals'

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23 күн бұрын

ABC News' Devin Dwyer has an exclusive look at what the Pentagon is doing to combat PFAS and what's at stake in the Michigan community considered ground zero for the potentially toxic problem.
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@ryanmalone2681
@ryanmalone2681 21 күн бұрын
We’ve completely ruined our beautiful country.
@MrLoobu
@MrLoobu 21 күн бұрын
That's true. A whole continent in less than 10 generations
@RoboArc
@RoboArc 20 күн бұрын
We... ? You mean the US war machine ? Yes... but we no 😂
@ryanmalone2681
@ryanmalone2681 20 күн бұрын
@@RoboArc You think the military is 100% to blame? Come on man. Wake up. Lobbying, money in politics, voting in people who have no environmental protection policies, look at the behavior of Americans at national parks, and on and on and on and you should quickly realize how wrong you are. In fact, you making this comment is a perfect example of why it’s “we” who’ve ruined this beautiful country. Ignorance.
@davidcantor293
@davidcantor293 19 күн бұрын
Correction, an entire world.
@ryanmalone2681
@ryanmalone2681 19 күн бұрын
@@davidcantor293 True
@EZ-E402
@EZ-E402 20 күн бұрын
Gonna cost us $1.2T to clean up a $200B mess.
@cameronf3343
@cameronf3343 19 күн бұрын
Exactly. Letting these things slide is expensive, which is exactly why we need to stop letting them slide.
@Lifeis2stressful
@Lifeis2stressful 6 күн бұрын
It’s got electrolytes
@cupwalker24.7
@cupwalker24.7 Күн бұрын
I get paid a very small amount to go Drill all week in Pfass if this is such a huge problem .
@SB_Outdoorz
@SB_Outdoorz 21 күн бұрын
Just remember in most "forever chemical" instances the government initially approved the actions of most of these companies. Several years ago officials approved of the dumping of oilfield wastewater into Boysen reservoir. Who would have thought that decision would have tainted many miles of the drainage used to dump the oilfield waste water into Boysen reservoir.
@Novastar.SaberCombat
@Novastar.SaberCombat 20 күн бұрын
Yup. The wealthy and powerful only defer to paying FINES, too. And why? Simple. Cheaper than doing it right or ethically. Big bidnezz eez juz big bidnezz. It's the small businesses and individuals who will suffer in the long run. Ironic as that may seem to everyone.
@TopHatNinja68
@TopHatNinja68 4 күн бұрын
I saw another news clip with only 5 k views of fertilizer companies that contains the chemical that now contaminated people's farmland
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 20 күн бұрын
They aren't "potentially toxic," they ARE toxic and thats a proven facr
@Cleanup2007
@Cleanup2007 19 күн бұрын
I want to do great things for society but I personally am too small. And so is this poison, it is too big and goes deep into everyone's lives.
@dnlitsuh
@dnlitsuh 8 күн бұрын
Seriously!!! There’s no reason to act like it’s uncertain
@Mrdresden
@Mrdresden 18 күн бұрын
PFAS is not just linked to firefighting foam used in military bases! It has been used in various coatings from rainproof cloathing, stickless pans (Teflon) and more for decades. DuPont and other chemical manufacturers have known about their toxic properties for decades and released massive amounts of these chemicals out into the environment.
@miles5600
@miles5600 13 күн бұрын
PFAS is also used in firefighting foam, the companies are just going to other PFAS chemicals.
@grunky0
@grunky0 21 күн бұрын
!? Why wasn't this done like 30 years ago?
@delta_glider4362
@delta_glider4362 21 күн бұрын
🤭 Ask what they did with Manhattan project radioactive waste 😂
@RealMTBAddict
@RealMTBAddict 20 күн бұрын
Because they didn't know the risks. Like lead paint.
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 20 күн бұрын
Money
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 20 күн бұрын
​@RealMTBAddict but they DID know the risks. DuPont put out memos about Teflon, pulled women from the line and did other things. They all knew the risks but did nothing to mitigate it
@Novastar.SaberCombat
@Novastar.SaberCombat 20 күн бұрын
@@jennifertarin4707 Yup. Munneh eez munneh. Fines are easier to pay, and sweeping things under the rug is FAR cheaper than restructuring business practices which are already lucrative into procedures that would cut into corporate cronyism and enormous payouts!
@GFettJake
@GFettJake 20 күн бұрын
I’m taking a class in college right now and we talk about Environmental Law Policies. It’s very interesting. So to see this video, is concerning. We need to protect our drinking waters and other waters. Our planet is our home and we share it with tons of amazing species of plants and animals. Let’s keep it clean for future generations.
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 20 күн бұрын
Watch these movies: Dark Waters, Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action. Also read about Love Canal in NY. There are many videos here about pfas/pfos and other forever chemicals both here in the states ans abroad.
@Paislywalls4767
@Paislywalls4767 14 күн бұрын
Too Late! Most "we" can do is Stop being Stupid/ letting a few get rich off poisoning the Earth for humans.
@Kassiant
@Kassiant 14 күн бұрын
We’re about 70 years too late on that, practically dumped/buried all of WW2 beneath us
@amandawalton8044
@amandawalton8044 21 күн бұрын
Good political move, but it will continue to be an issue until we stop making things that use PFAS
@AnitaMartini7
@AnitaMartini7 20 күн бұрын
It's too late. It's inside all of us already. I live in Michigan, where the DuPont factory was, and there's Teflon forever chemicals everywhere. Humanity has screwed up this gorgeous planet. So that we could have non-stick pans, stain guard, fire fighting foam, and plastic. Gross. We're gross.
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 20 күн бұрын
And so driven by greed that we can't see the forest through the trees
@Cleanup2007
@Cleanup2007 19 күн бұрын
Let's protect the environment around us. Each person doing a small thing will inspire everyone in the world
@illuminativon6542
@illuminativon6542 18 күн бұрын
@@Cleanup2007sounds like a fairytale honestly
@saucerchrome
@saucerchrome 15 күн бұрын
There are allready some places here in the US where they have water delivered by trucks because THERE IS NO SOLUTION! There hasnt been an answer for YEARS. The new limit wont do anything but give a water treatment plant a legal reason to shut down by law.
@davemathews7890
@davemathews7890 21 күн бұрын
How do you clean up chemicals that are supposed to last forever?
@AnimeShinigami13
@AnimeShinigami13 21 күн бұрын
They're only called forever chemicals because NATURE can't break them down. Humans have been destroying things for as long as we've been human. I imagine we'd destroy PFAS the same way. We know how to watch mother nature do a thing, and then do it in a more potent and concentrated way. Did you know for example that there are caterpillars and fungi that consume plastic? A scientist studying bees found the former by accident, she was studying them since they're a bee pest and she collected a bunch of them in a produce bag. She put it down to tend another hive and came back to find it completely gone on a still day. So she caught more larvae and trained a camera on the bag, lo and behold she caught them EATING the bag and crawling away! The key to PFAS endurance is the sturdiness of their molecular bonds. Figure out how to break those and bind it to something else and you have a cleaning agent to get rid of them. If they've completed this I don't know. Just that that's what one would need to achieve, break or bind another substance to the PFAS molecules.
@AmericanTeacher-USA
@AmericanTeacher-USA 21 күн бұрын
Exactly. You can't.
@MrLoobu
@MrLoobu 21 күн бұрын
You don't, but it's a great excuse to endlessly embezzle tax money. Plus, the more degenerate the DNA gets, the more the dummies might buy the government line.
@RetroBerner
@RetroBerner 20 күн бұрын
You don't, just like recycling it's just a PR campaign.
@DeathRainsz
@DeathRainsz 20 күн бұрын
You filter and store the waste. And reintroduced the clean material back into the environment.
@JoyTothesummer
@JoyTothesummer 21 күн бұрын
We're dead
@user-oo1ps9bo3j
@user-oo1ps9bo3j 20 күн бұрын
Seems more Z& more like it don’t IT!?! I’m a military brat t too 🙏❤️✅✌️🥸🌍🤔🙃🫶😎🐎🦋
@Cleanup2007
@Cleanup2007 19 күн бұрын
yes :(
@xChimkin
@xChimkin 12 күн бұрын
thank God
@TopHatNinja68
@TopHatNinja68 4 күн бұрын
These chemicals are also used in some farm fertilizers which I think should be the bigger issue no.
@06howea1
@06howea1 12 күн бұрын
Well done for reporting it
@farmbulls674
@farmbulls674 13 күн бұрын
unbelievable
@jackalninezeronine
@jackalninezeronine 19 күн бұрын
Now how dangerous really is F3.?
@jewishmcloin1933
@jewishmcloin1933 9 сағат бұрын
who knows. F3 doesn’t actually seem like a specific solution but stands for “Flourine Free Foams”, could be 10x worse or as toxic as a crayon
@antonmalinsky7118
@antonmalinsky7118 20 күн бұрын
We had the attack in Palestine where the train exploded and completely destroyed the whole city, we also have a place in New York or New Jersey, where the vape store exploded and destroyed the whole city we have oil spills and sewage leaks in Los Angeles all the mining towns and agricultural towns destroyed. Money is more important than the health the of the people.
@TNTkeynine
@TNTkeynine 21 күн бұрын
Good. Reducing poisonings is a good idea.
@Cleanup2007
@Cleanup2007 19 күн бұрын
Let's protect the environment around us. Each person doing a small thing will inspire everyone in the world
@NotUrAnTi.SemiTicBOYtoy
@NotUrAnTi.SemiTicBOYtoy 21 күн бұрын
Lol after they screwed a ton of farmers over. Im sorry i just cant. 🤣
@user-ox8in4ot7p
@user-ox8in4ot7p 19 күн бұрын
Facts
@supergamergrill7734
@supergamergrill7734 13 күн бұрын
Yes, now they’re cleaning up. That’s how progress is made. We made a lot of mistakes in the past
@matthewthomas0330
@matthewthomas0330 20 күн бұрын
Electro-static charge to attract? Will a specific frequency of light break them apart? Laser?
@Moon___man
@Moon___man 18 күн бұрын
Cant use ground water where I am thanks to an old Motorola factory lol
@JasonCoste-ux2vd
@JasonCoste-ux2vd 19 күн бұрын
What about our food!
@Mr.219
@Mr.219 17 күн бұрын
I remember when Flint complained years ago about bad water nobody cared. Come to find out this stuff is across all America smh
@alex_n7916
@alex_n7916 17 күн бұрын
That didn't sound like a No to pfas. Can someone tell what he said? 4:55 Also, there will be no mention of what F3 is made out of. Obviously, there will be more problems in the future...
@coreywatkins111
@coreywatkins111 19 күн бұрын
Wait till you figure out what's in every non-stick pan you've been cooking with the last 20 years....
@sortasurvival5482
@sortasurvival5482 18 күн бұрын
The toxicity was known in 1987...
@cameronf3343
@cameronf3343 19 күн бұрын
It’s useless until the government sets a 5 year timeline to completely eliminate all consumer plastics and only approve its use in large things that’re unlikely to end up in landfills, such as vehicle interiors.
@Cleanup2007
@Cleanup2007 19 күн бұрын
I agree with you.and we also limit their use and handle it well.thank you very much
@atomic_bomba
@atomic_bomba 6 күн бұрын
That's never gonna happen.
@codegeassfan4life28
@codegeassfan4life28 20 күн бұрын
3 years to develop F3 foam/chemical when it usually takes 15 years. No way that variation of PFAS is suitable for the environment. Just another way to avoid public scrutiny and avoid it being detected in the water.
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 20 күн бұрын
Right. If this only took 3 years to produce, how can they possibly know what the long term side effects are?
@supergamergrill7734
@supergamergrill7734 13 күн бұрын
@@jennifertarin4707If I stab you in the stomac, How is it that it only takes you 1 seconds to figure out it’s bad instead of waiting and seeing? Obviously because the side effects show themselves almost immediately, your question is like asking why does smoking harm you. You’ve only smoked for 3 years.
@Gameboyreaper
@Gameboyreaper 19 күн бұрын
I would have much rather that extra money went to this problem than overseas just saying
@mothwa
@mothwa 7 күн бұрын
⭐2:04 Never would I think we couldn't even eat the meat from this land. This is wild, considering trees and fruits would also be affected. Why not tell what else is affected, big brother?
@chahahc
@chahahc 2 күн бұрын
Never underestimate the long term detoxification capacity of biological systems. The question is, are we wise enough to get out of the way?
@justinsternhagen4698
@justinsternhagen4698 17 күн бұрын
Get it out of the food.
@user-on4yi1lm9e
@user-on4yi1lm9e 18 күн бұрын
Sure thats what it is
@uelld.8371
@uelld.8371 13 күн бұрын
Did they finally decided to take actions *'cough'* _measurements_ *'cough'* after that Prime drinks lab test found out that the processed water manufacturer contains forever chem pfs that exceeding the allowed level? 🤔
@badboydrd
@badboydrd 17 күн бұрын
Just know that there is absolutely nothing that can be done, and were screwed for the foreseeable future no matter what they do or say.
@williebateman3613
@williebateman3613 20 күн бұрын
USA 🇺🇸 👀
@yatusabe787
@yatusabe787 18 күн бұрын
"Trust our confidence " Good enough! 🥴 Could've explained more
@Moon___man
@Moon___man 18 күн бұрын
lol right wasnt very assuring, but shes a chemist not a PR person so I kinda get it.
@yatusabe787
@yatusabe787 18 күн бұрын
@@Moon___man agreed, I just think she could've given scientific details even if most people wouldn't understand lol
@JaCKal_646f67
@JaCKal_646f67 14 күн бұрын
we wont live forever as humans
@MetalGalacticUnicorn
@MetalGalacticUnicorn 6 күн бұрын
lets go! this stuff makes drinking water taste out of this world
@sc1338
@sc1338 20 күн бұрын
Forever chemicals are good
@YourMom-vl2sp
@YourMom-vl2sp 21 күн бұрын
The lady doesn't sound very convincing that the new foam is safe 🤣😂🤣😂
@supergamergrill7734
@supergamergrill7734 13 күн бұрын
She’s a chemist not a public speaker, what you want to criticize her speaking but most kids can’t even do a stand up talking infront of their peers in one thing they researched for months
@Whistiling_in_the_Wind
@Whistiling_in_the_Wind 18 күн бұрын
How did somebody even create these chemicals
@The_Quaalude
@The_Quaalude 16 күн бұрын
Probably with a chemistry set 👨🏼‍🔬🧪
@CanVultus
@CanVultus 16 күн бұрын
It’s actually pretty simple once you get the ingredients gathered. You just need a cauldron some three week old camel teeth, a black cats scent hormone, three sunflower roots grown in Ukrainian black soil, the fingernails of a recently buried mailman, holy water from a church collected at midnight on the sixth of June under a full moon, and some eye of newt. Bring it to a boil under a new moon on the first week of January. Once boiling let mixture sit over night until frozen. Thaw frozen mixture at the first sign of dawn and add a pinch of nightshade berry extract stir the extract in counterclockwise and abracadabra! now you have PFAS!
@user-fu8yr9ne2b
@user-fu8yr9ne2b 17 күн бұрын
the government is always the problem isn't it.
@bigvaxmeanie925
@bigvaxmeanie925 16 күн бұрын
Private corporations creates this stuff
@user-fu8yr9ne2b
@user-fu8yr9ne2b 16 күн бұрын
@@bigvaxmeanie925 can't create these chemicals without government funding.
@joekev27
@joekev27 20 күн бұрын
Call me crazy but this seems like a great way to get people to stop hunting, fishing or foraging for their food and make the public rely solely on the food provided to us by corporate America. This all feel thought out and not like an accident.
@supergamergrill7734
@supergamergrill7734 13 күн бұрын
GREAT IDEA! Now show the US government your boss by going to these communities… And drink the foam water.
@dromaticmx623
@dromaticmx623 21 күн бұрын
Sue the military
@jennifertarin4707
@jennifertarin4707 20 күн бұрын
They didn't make this product, they just use it. Good luck suing corporations like DuPont and not being buried in paperwork
@ATF-Disapproved
@ATF-Disapproved 21 күн бұрын
Big whoop from southeast Iowa 💀😂🤦🏻‍♂️
@joey_maldonado
@joey_maldonado 14 күн бұрын
This is late stage capitalism 😢
@trevorsmith470
@trevorsmith470 17 күн бұрын
If I had ten dollars for every time a company profited off of doing horrible things to the environment with profound lifelong impacts to everyone nearby and then made tax dollars foot the bill for cleaning up later, I'd have enough money to form a corporation that does horrible things to the environment with profound lifelong health impacts to everyone nearby.
@Tegdriver97
@Tegdriver97 11 күн бұрын
Anyone that belives in that new foam needs to drinks a gallon of it if u cant its not safe
@romeou4965
@romeou4965 19 күн бұрын
What if we took back overseas war funding and cleaned up our backyard ponds? 🤨
@FUERTEPERICO
@FUERTEPERICO 17 күн бұрын
When we’re all dead then they will take things seriously smh 😢
@HectorEduardo-rj3cp
@HectorEduardo-rj3cp 21 күн бұрын
Injunction
@Kylejeepadventures
@Kylejeepadventures 11 күн бұрын
The kid isn’t worth $40m. Maybe $250k
@sylvainh2o
@sylvainh2o 13 күн бұрын
Cancer treatment should be free. It's 100% government's fault and the right to have a chance to live should be free always.
@RoboArc
@RoboArc 20 күн бұрын
Lol, let's clean it by spraying another chemical on it.
@supergamergrill7734
@supergamergrill7734 13 күн бұрын
Another chemical that has bio contagents that can be broken down and ain’t forever. Wow, you’re so smart. Why aren’t you a chemist?
@RoboArc
@RoboArc 4 күн бұрын
@supergamergrill7734 because chemistry gets into the weeds of physics 😆 I like electronics and mechanical desgine. I've tried my hand with chemistry and it's a lot of bs 😄 I have a small lab atm for research for robotics. Took me years to aquire all this, couldn't imagine what it's like for chemists.
@romeou4965
@romeou4965 19 күн бұрын
On 2024 earth day RKJR brought light to this first on a video while being at this lake. Only he has a vision for solving this crisis
@dajuiceman2769
@dajuiceman2769 21 күн бұрын
Good luck with help frm the government . All tje cash went over seas 🌊 😮😮😮
@IamAnew
@IamAnew 20 күн бұрын
Yup. Blank checks for Ukraine and Israel. None for the American people.
@Shining237
@Shining237 20 күн бұрын
I wonder how many billions this will cost the American tax payer?
@supergamergrill7734
@supergamergrill7734 13 күн бұрын
So do you just want to let the chemicals stay in the water or what? That’s like saying “I wonder how much it will cost my parents to fix the gas leak” like the cost somehow trumps a gas leak in your house
@erwinwills2289
@erwinwills2289 20 күн бұрын
These are just local cases. Imagine other military bases around the world in foreign countries. Are those going to be cleaned up too?
@Cleanup2007
@Cleanup2007 19 күн бұрын
I also hope so. People's awareness in my country is still poor. They only care about themselves
@charliepena2677
@charliepena2677 17 күн бұрын
Great new diet plan - micro plastic maxxing
@copitzkymichael3313
@copitzkymichael3313 18 күн бұрын
Dude this is a lot of stuff KZfaq doesn't do s***It's been like two days
@heeheee5069
@heeheee5069 2 күн бұрын
Beautifullll 😂😂
@user-wf2ls3bj6v
@user-wf2ls3bj6v 21 күн бұрын
Peas are in every receipt handed to you, why?
@danhusterd6376
@danhusterd6376 19 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@AnimeShinigami13
@AnimeShinigami13 21 күн бұрын
Minute Earth had a very good video on why these chemicals harm the body. It has to do with their shape. It's really interesting. But the Military started this mess, have the army Corps of Engineers work on cleaning it up.
@dubsar
@dubsar 21 күн бұрын
Read saying 21 from the Gospel of Thomas. They want their field back.
@aarliann
@aarliann 19 күн бұрын
our planet has become a corporate dumping ground. keep everything out of shareholder backyards and it never happened.
@darren2098
@darren2098 6 күн бұрын
Humanity is a lost cause can we fast forward to our extinction
@Dante.-
@Dante.- 4 күн бұрын
Go back to watching Rick and Morty
@Kingedwardiii2003
@Kingedwardiii2003 21 күн бұрын
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA MONGOLIA WILL BE FREE
@AntBoyMN
@AntBoyMN 21 күн бұрын
I’m sure they will blame trump, but we know who was in congress 45 years ago JOE BIDEN!!!
@AntBoyMN
@AntBoyMN 21 күн бұрын
40 years ago who was running congress ???? Yup Joe Biden did this too!!!!!!
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