PFAS Contamination is discussed by attorney Anthony Spaniola - Publication Date |
- Dec 10, 2019
- Episode Duration |
- 00:28:00
PFAS is still lingering in the water of around military bases. In Oscoda, Michigan residents have asked for solutions to the contamination for years. Now communities across Michigan are fed up and demanding a change. Attorney Anthony Spaniola, a member of community action group Need Our Water (NOW) is among those fed up with how long it’s taking for the problem to be fixed. “The Air Force is dragging it’s feet here in Oscoda. It’s still supposedly doing investigations and studies and we believe they’ve been doing this for nine years, they’ve had plenty of time, that there’s plenty of information and they need to get down to business.”
“The biggest problem is some of these things doesn’t take effect health-wise until like 70 years sometimes, 30 years, 20 years. It depends on how much contamination is there.”
Spaniola's family has a home on Van Etten Lake outside the closed Wurtsmith AFB and has been told that it’s not safe to drink the water from the well on the property. He discusses with host Jim Fausone the nature of PFAS, its use in firefighting foam, the military's slow walk about doing anything and the need to be a community activist.