42 - PFAS Exposed

<p>With guests former state politician Andrew Esbury and Boston news correspondent Lisa Heinrichs, we go over the toxic soil and revelations from The Age. With some key take aways from the No Toxic Soil rally, there is a tonne of information in tonight's show (despite the camera malfunction on Lisa).<br> <br> What did The Age newspaper say, well... "PFAS, from what we read, is one of the most dangerous chemicals around, it seems to last forever.</p> <p>PFAS is a group of potentially carcinogenic chemicals now considered so hazardous that its prolonged use ultimately shut down the CFA Fiskville training college.</p> <p>Soil samples in some areas to be excavated for the $6.7 billion projects has shown PFAS levels at between 112 and 2000 times the acceptable amount in drinking water.</p> <p>Community members fear the PFAS-contaminated soil could leach into the surrounding soil and water if it was dumped at the MBC landfill site."<br> <br> To get involved, the groups set up to fight this poison are here - <br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WyndhamCommunityActivistsGroup/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&amp;eid=ARAD9Bd8gGEIcaw-HbwInsA-D9mMSODZfhxR1Xwh88QM7lOl0EJ_iDXWTB6bvC5QnIqgr12IEd_1LBx2">https://www.facebook.com/WyndhamCommunityActivistsGroup/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&amp;eid=ARAD9Bd8gGEIcaw-HbwInsA-D9mMSODZfhxR1Xwh88QM7lOl0EJ_iDXWTB6bvC5QnIqgr12IEd_1LBx2</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BacchusMarshSaysNoToToxicWaste/">https://www.facebook.com/BacchusMarshSaysNoToToxicWaste/</a></p> <p>This episode contains material used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. See Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, 276 F.Supp.3d 34 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 139 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (C.D. Cal. 2015)</p> <p>Tone's Review is made for an adult audience. Viewer discretion is advised.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tony-hooper/message