Had what to me was an interesting conversation Tuesday morning not on what was said to be happening, but what the reason was. Lady and I spoke on Health Care here in this area. I with my usual comment on how poor it was be it Doctor's or Hospital. She noted especially the care from the Doctor's. Than made the statement that surprised me the most. That being she has several Doctor's in her family and they are leaving or have left to go to Ohio. The reason was the extremely high cost of Insurance for Malpractice Suits.
As is becoming more and more clear, the C8 dangers are said to be much worse than we thought even due to last reduction in .00007 (70 parts per Trillion).
The EPA has put out this advisory:
EPA’s 2016 Lifetime Health Advisories
"EPA develops health advisories to provide information on contaminants that can cause human health effects and are known or anticipated to occur in drinking water. EPA's health advisories are non-enforceable and non-regulatory and provide technical information to states agencies and other public health officials on health effects, analytical methodologies, and treatment technologies associated with drinking water contamination. In 2009, EPA published provisional health advisories for PFOA and PFOS based on the evidence available at that time. The science has evolved since then and EPA is now replacing the 2009 provisional advisories with new, lifetime health advisories.
To provide Americans, including the most sensitive populations, with a margin of protection from a lifetime of exposure to PFOA and PFOS from drinking water, EPA established the health advisory levels at 70 parts per trillion. When both PFOA and PFOS are found in drinking water, the combined concentrations of PFOA and PFOS should be compared with the 70 parts per trillion health advisory level. This health advisory level offers a margin of protection for all Americans throughout their life from adverse health effects resulting from exposure to PFOA and PFOS in drinking water".
Above to me is a bit ambiguous until someone puts it into good numbers that equate to say gallons of water used/ consumed in a day, week, month, year? What about absorbed through skin from rain or other weather related happening to include even a "Mist or Fog" for a few hours. How about the kid rolling around in the dirt/ grass or mom or you gardening? Am I asking for too much too simply? Maybe, but I am not very smart and willing to be the first to admit it.
It is becoming more and more obvious that there is a need for testing of people living here and Boaz who got contaminated and are still being contaminated from the C8 in the air/ rain/ etc. It matters not that the filters at the CURRENT settings whatever they are in a non detect status. Sadly, there is no interest in this at this time.
Since it appears now that the Water Filtration Systems are maybe calibrated to detect at what levels; the .04 from a year or so back. This means that less than that is now a -non detect reading? So where does that now leave us with those Systems under the newer proposed levels?
We seem to be all aflutter about the PCE in the plumes coming down onto the JM site/ Park? But that is said to be degrading as it spreads and is now at "acceptable levels" just above the above referenced non detect? This and the Park Site are an EPA issue and not DEP.
Still crying about the contaminants on the Park Site and those issues. That is an issue that is pretty much dead folks. If it takes another $250- 300,000., to finish off the "capping" on the Park side and even the upper level, is still only about 10% of the $2,3- 3, Million already in the wind. We are stuck with the properties, no way to turn back that clock.
Either get both done and try sell upper level for enough to cover all costs and close off the lower level or do the above and whatever needed to finish bottom part for "safest" use?
Is reasonably apparent we have been lied too far too often on what has, is and will continue at both sites. But that is why we ACT versus react on getting Truth and if necessary removing those who are so free with the lives/ health of not just us, but the kids, grandkids?
Protecting Mr. Rapp and his crew until 2020 is not the best answer nor the only one. He is going to continue to thumb his nose at the Residents as he knows, there is no stomach to call him out for what going on?
Taking him to Court is a tough road as long as it appears he owns the Judges via his Crew in various capacities? Going through the Ethics Committee is another exercise in futility if approached as a one time and go home thing. It has been pointed out here so many times on how Corrupt the Law in whatever capacity is in West Virginia.
For example, the Legislature is now even looking at SC Justice Meacham for his alleged misuse of Government Vehicles. How many more of those five will pop up with him and Mr. Loughry as this thing unwinds?
There are people who rail and rant about just wait till the next Election. Well then we will again Elect/ Re-elect probably more of the same because you folks love that Kool-Aid. All the goings on now with Town Hall Meetings and Public Forum (such as it is), and even the various blogs to include mine do little good if YOU, the people just sit on your thumbs.
Just read a semi- lucid comment on how we are all going to die if we don't shut the Park Site down, cap wells 7 & 8, and we need fear the multitude of unknown contaminants in the water from who knows where?
Okay, let us put the burst of sensationalizing insanity aside and try to realize a few minor but probably important points?
1. The Plume(s) from where ever are being diminished by the system that is removing less and less of the Dry Cleaner Contaminants each year. It is not reasonable to believe that every single last drop will ever be gone. But and I repeat but it is getting smaller and in less of a danger each year.
2. The concerns on which direction the Plume is moving is still a question until we determine if Mr. Leach is unable to read a Compass or just blowing smoke on the folks? Remember in the Election in November that he is not concerned about the people in Vienna unless one is of the right Social, Economic or Power levels based on their work?
3. There WILL be a cause and effect from starting up wells 7 & 8. I had hoped that one with a lot of knowledge would say something at the meeting, but it did not yet happen.
4. In spite of Ms. Powell's assertions that she is under attack for her patriotic efforts to save everybody from everything, allow me that her problems are of HER OWN MAKING. If one is going to say things that are blatantly not true; refuse to admit the errors/ slanders/ libels on some who CAN prove what happened, than she has a more major problem than admitted?
5. Give her credit for getting her cast of a few to do research on issues that may help. But also be careful of the sensationalizing of issues that are not coming out as the newest Apocalypse, at least not yet.
6. As noted since May of 2016, I have stressed and will continue too, that we need testing availability here in Vienna and Boaz for the C8 from the air and not the River.
7. The Plume(s) if and when they finally decide on a direction will need to be dealt with if going towards the wells.
In my self defense, I try to not B.S. anyone but not many want to face the Truth. Again a bit too long. 'nuff said'.