Author: Tom Roeder
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Faltering recruiting numbers not enough to make the Army hip to Colorado’s legal weed
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The Army came up nearly 11,000 short of its yearly recruiting goals for active-duty and Reserve troops in 2018, but that doesn’t mean the service will get hip to Colorado’s legalized weed. Around the globe, armed forces, most notably Canada’s, have softened their stance on marijuana as legalization movements grow in strength. But the U.S.…
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EPA wrestles with how to regulate toxic chemicals in Colorado aquifer
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The acronyms read like a helping of toxic alphabet soup: PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHpA. They number in the thousands – each representing a different compound with the same chemical foundation as those contaminating the aquifer beneath the El Paso County towns of Security, Widefield and Fountain, near Colorado Springs. But as the number of those…
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Widefield aquifer contamination could be 6X more toxic than previously believed
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The Air Force’s problem with contaminated water, which it has been attempting to remedy in southern El Paso County with an unprecedented aid package, could get a lot worse. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry recently sought to publish a study revealing how perfluorinated compounds found in military firefighting foam could be nearly…
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Air Force to pay nearly $1M to clean up contamination, provide drinking water
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COLORADO SPRINGS – Nearly two years after toxic chemicals from Air Force firefighting foam were found in water drawn from the Widefield aquifer, the military announced a string of measures Wednesday to deliver clean drinking water to residents of southern El Paso County. Under the deal, the Air Force will pay more than $900,000 to…
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El Paso County residents back even small toxic water health study: ‘We need answers’
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Unexplained stomach pains tortured Penny Cimino’s third-grade son. Then came a noncancerous mass the size of a baseball on her own liver. After dealing with those health concerns, news surfaced of toxic chemicals fouling her drinking water that have been tied to the long-term use of firefighting foam at Peterson Air Force Base. “We need…
