(NewsNation) — As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a ban on two chemicals linked with cancer, critics say more can be done.
Retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger said Sunday on “NewsNation Prime” how the EPA must be helped to rid America of forever chemicals.
Ensminger’s daughter died from leukemia at 9 years old due to contaminated drinking water at North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, which affected countless Army personnel and their families.
“There exists a long history of political interference supported by industry of blocking the EPA’s ability to protect the environment and public health,” Ensminger said.
‘The future of our children and the health of our country vastly outweighs the needs of the almighty dollar.”
Scott Faber, senior vice president at Environmental Working Group, told “NewsNation Prime” that the EPA is not taking sufficient action against the release of PFAs into the environment.
“Unfortunately, the EPA is not turning off the tap of these chemicals from the polluters, the polluters who knew they were poisoning their workers in the 60s and their neighbors in the 70s, and ultimately, all of us, and they’re continuing to allow these polluters to send their PFAs waste,” Faber said.
“Not only into our rivers but to our wastewater treatment plants, where they are then sold to farmers who unknowingly contaminate their fields.”
