DoomsdaysCWAug 31, 2024

FFS! Municipalities need to change over to #F3 ASAP!

#Toxic firefighting foam spills into #wetlands after truck fire in #SouthPortlandMaine

by Ariana St Pierre, WGME
Fri, August 30th 2024

"Crews used 47 gallons of #AFFF #firefighting foam to put out the truck's diesel fuel that was burning. That foam contains PFAS or '#ForeverChemicals.'

"Despite their efforts to contain it, firefighters say 70 gallons of foam and diesel fuel spilled into the gravel wetland along Philbrook Avenue and #LongCreek.

[...]

"This comes about 10 days after over 1,400 gallons of firefighting foam containing PFAS spilled at the Brunswick Executive Airport and leaked into a nearby pond [which eventually drains into #HarpswellCove and #CascoBay]."

https://wgme.com/news/local/toxic-firefighting-foam-spills-into-wetlands-after-truck-fire-in-south-portland-maine-firefighters-afff-pfas-forever-chemicals-long-creek-philbrook-avenue

#PFASContamination
#PFOS #CascoBay #Wildlife #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PFASPollution #FirefightingFoam #LongCreekWatershed

Toxic firefighting foam spills into wetlands after truck fire in South Portland

Crews used toxic foam to help put out a tractor-trailer fire in South Portland, which then spilled into nearby wetlands.

WGME
Show threadDead AstronautJan 29, 2023

... Even up here on the stolen lands of so called Maine, folks are doing doing amazing abolitionist framed work. Shout out to Maine Youth Justice (https://www.maineyouthjustice.org/) working tirelessly to shut down Long Creek prison! 💜

See also this long cover piece in the The Bollard this month.

#maine #maineyouthjustice #thebollard #Decarcerate #justice #longcreek #thewaylifeshouldbe

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