Videos & Audios

Combating Military Poisons & Valuing Water

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"Contamination Nations", PFAS contamination in the U.S. and Japan
Marguerite Adelman, Pat Elder, and Rachel Clark (WILPF US), 11/20/23

Why 'Forever Chemicals' Are Still Spreading
Bloomberg Originals, 11/16/23

The Forever Chemical Scandal | Bloomberg Investigates
Bloomberg Originals, 11/8/23

PFAS Gases = Super Pollutants ChemSec, 9/8/23

Global Per- and polyFluroAlkly Substances (PFAS): Toxic Contamination without our Consent Marguerite Adelman, WILPF International Presentation, 8/22/23

Vermont PFAS Presentation
Marguerite Adelman, Vermont Military Poisons/PFAS Coalition, 8/1/23

Boston/Massachusetts PFAS Presentation
Marguerite Adelman, Vermont Military Poisons/PFAS Coalition, 4/1/23

San Francisco/California PFAS Presentation
Marguerite Adelman, Vermont Military Poisons/PFAS Coalition, 6/28/23

PFAS:  The “Forever Chemicals” 
Bloomberg Law, 9/26/2019, 4 minutes

How “Forever Chemicals” Polluted America’s Water
VOX, 8/4/2020, 12 minutes

PFAS, Explained
Grist, 3/20/2019, 4 minutes

Destroying PFAS: Emerging Solutions
Dr. Patricia Hynes, PFAS Remediation and Disposal, 8/9/21, 14 minutes

Banning PFAS Forever
Eric Agnero, Vermont Military Poisons/PFAS Coalition, 9/1/2021

Film

No Defense
2020 Documentary on the Military and PFAS. The film is expected to be released on iTunes and Amazon in May/June of 2021. To view a discussion of the film , go to the Vermont International Film Festival vimeo site.

The Devil We Know:  The Chemistry of a Cover-Up
2018 Investigative Documentary on PFAS

Dark Waters
11/22/2019 Feature Film starring Mark Ruffalo

Gen X: A Chemical Cocktail
Not yet released, this upcoming documentary covers the new form of PFAS, called Gen X.

Burned: Protecting the Protectors
This film highlights the work of advocates like Diane Cotter and researchers like Graham Peaslee who have found shockingly high levels of PFAS in firefighter gear. Following that discovery, the international firefighters’ union vowed to support a national movement to eliminate this exposure for all 1,200,000 firefighters in the US. If you want to see this film, please contact us at pfasinfo@wilpfus.org

Power Points

Green Party Presentation September 12, 2022
Pat Elder

The Reckless Rush to Burn AFFF
David Bond, PFAS Disposal and Remediation, 8/9/2021

Pat Elder’s Dublin Conference Powerpoint
World Peace Council’s conference Against US/NATO Military Bases in Dublin, Ireland, November 2018

Per- and PolyFluroAlkly Substances(PFAS): Toxic Contamination without our Consent
A presentation on PFAS contamination globally for WILPF International’s Environmental Working Group.

PFAS: What you need to know about “forever chemicals” – for Vermonters Marguerite Adelman, Vermont Military Poisons/PFAS Coalition