It's sort of astounding that so much work has to be done to even get testing done. If it was well known that PFAS chemicals were used, surely testing would be prudent rather than just taking the word of the company (even if their claims that there were no spills in good faith and they weren't aware of contamination). Is testing really that costly?
> For every ex-company town that succeeds in this kind of recognition, there are ten others (usually, but not always, poorer and not as white) that are quietly suffering from externalized pollution.
This caught my eye. What's the evidence for this? Are you saying non-white people are less likely to engage in this type of civic action for some reason?
Testing costs between $50-$500 per sample in small amounts depending on the technique (detection quantification). If you have the equipment cost per sample is in the $20 range for quantification + operator time (you can process tens of samples per hour).
> For every ex-company town that succeeds in this kind of recognition, there are ten others (usually, but not always, poorer and not as white) that are quietly suffering from externalized pollution.
This caught my eye. What's the evidence for this? Are you saying non-white people are less likely to engage in this type of civic action for some reason?