US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’ / PFAS can be found in everything from weapons to uniforms, but the Department of Defense is pushing back on health concerns raised…::PFAS can be found in everything from weapons to uniforms, but the Department of Defense is pushing back on health concerns raised by regulators.

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      The only people they care about defending are the rich and powerful. Aka, the ones that don’t ever have to worry about their health.

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        I mean… do the rich and powerful not breathe air and drink water? At some point this has to matter even to them, right??

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          Don’t be silly, the air you and me breath is beneath them they dont live with the rest of us. The 0.5% have their own communities and sometimes islands. I bet the water they have is as clean as it gets and on top of that there is a water purification station in the second basement and multiple gardens to take care of o2 dispensing plants.

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      Gov is in sexual relations with DuPont. They can’t do anything since DuPont is the top and gov is the bottom