Those that live in the St. Inigoes area may be in trouble

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3CATSAILOR

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Time after time after time I hear about a "very" high cancer rate in the St. Inigoes area. In particular those close to the Navy Base there. It is important to note that the Navy Base at St. Inigoes deals a lot with electronics. Is there radiation from nearby antennas? We know that micowave antennas cause radiation. What about other types of antennas? Whenever there is a cancer cluster near a Military Base, they become my number one suspect. I am aware that St. Mary's County itself has issues with cancer. But, St. Inigoes is "OFF THE WALL"!!! After a long list of firends who have families that still live there or have lived there and have since died from cancer, the cancers have increased.. Another possible cause is a landfill in the area from many years ago that was never sealed properly.

And now a recent report from a reporter of the "Bay Journal" claims that "forever chemicals" are now found in fish, crabs and perhaps even the drinking water in the area. Any way you look at it, the news is not good. You would think ouir wonderful Health Department would be all over this. NOPE ! If anything, they seem to ignore it or pretend like they have no idea. They choose to ignore it I have had too many friends over a few short years who have died who lived directly in St. Inigoes. All died from cancer. Now my nephew who has folks in their 30s, their wives have died. All three in St. Inigoes I am tired of it. I have a meeting with our Senator coming up. I am going to spell out for him. We shall see what happens. I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I haven't met with him yet. I have tried our Health Department. You go around in circles with them. I am hopeful our Senator can get our Health Department to examine the issue with a more serious demeanor. Besides the Health Department, the MDE should be involved as well. In the meantime, I am urging anyone and everyone I know to move the hell out of St. Inigoes as fast as they know how. If you stay, in my opinion, you put yourself and your family at extreme risk.
 
Sneakers

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Same thing happened at the Navy's Calverton facility in NY. For years and years they used toxic chemicals which got into the groundwater. Well testing showed a ground water flow moving to contaminate homes well after well. Locals had to take the Navy to court to get any resolution after years of stonewalling. Only now, some 60 years later are the residents getting relief by getting govt funded municipal water and abandoning private wells.

 
PeoplesElbow

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According to statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov St Mary's is relatively good for cancer rates.

Perhaps it's from eating bottom feeding seafood?
 
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3CATSAILOR said:
Time after time after time I hear about a "very" high cancer rate in the St. Inigoes area. In particular those close to the Navy Base there. It is important to note that the Navy Base at St. Inigoes deals a lot with electronics. Is there radiation from nearby antennas? We know that micowave antennas cause radiation. What about other types of antennas? Whenever there is a cancer cluster near a Military Base, they become my number one suspect. I am aware that St. Mary's County itself has issues with cancer. But, St. Inigoes is "OFF THE WALL"!!! After a long list of firends who have families that still live there or have lived there and have since died from cancer, the cancers have increased.. Another possible cause is a landfill in the area from many years ago that was never sealed properly.

And now a recent report from a reporter of the "Bay Journal" claims that "forever chemicals" are now found in fish, crabs and perhaps even the drinking water in the area. Any way you look at it, the news is not good. You would think ouir wonderful Health Department would be all over this. NOPE ! If anything, they seem to ignore it or pretend like they have no idea. They choose to ignore it I have had too many friends over a few short years who have died who lived directly in St. Inigoes. All died from cancer. Now my nephew who has folks in their 30s, their wives have died. All three in St. Inigoes I am tired of it. I have a meeting with our Senator coming up. I am going to spell out for him. We shall see what happens. I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I haven't met with him yet. I have tried our Health Department. You go around in circles with them. I am hopeful our Senator can get our Health Department to examine the issue with a more serious demeanor. Besides the Health Department, the MDE should be involved as well. In the meantime, I am urging anyone and everyone I know to move the hell out of St. Inigoes as fast as they know how. If you stay, in my opinion, you put yourself and your family at extreme risk.
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But don't consrvatives also argue the EPA and Biden are over stepping their bounds by trying to limit forever chemicals? And that the EPA should be defunded?

Isnt it just the cost of doing business and keeping things cheap and american made? Thats what many conservatives argue and that its a free market issue

  • The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first nationwide restrictions on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water after discovering the compounds are more dangerous than previously known.
  • The chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are resistant to breaking down in the environment and can linger in the human body when consumed.
  • Most people in the U.S. have been exposed to PFAS and have the chemicals in their blood. They have been linked to health problems including certain cancers, liver damage and low birth weight.
www.cnbc.com

Biden proposes first national limits on toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

The chemicals, known as PFAS, have been linked to health problems including certain cancers, liver damage and low birth weight.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com
 
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PeoplesElbow said:
According to statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov St Mary's is relatively good for cancer rates.
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I've read peer reviewed information that the cellular damage that caused my cancer may have started as much as 20 years before the tumor developed. I was smoking 3 packs a day back then, and drinking heavily.

BUT, the info in the OP raises concern for my Mrs. She worked at Webster the 1st couple of years here.
 
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spr1975wshs said:
I've read peer reviewed information that the cellular damage that caused my cancer may have started as much as 20 years before the tumor developed. I was smoking 3 packs a day back then, and drinking heavily.

BUT, the info in the OP raises concern for my Mrs. She worked at Webster the 1st couple of years here.
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My dad was a smoker too, didn't drink though.
 
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3CATSAILOR said:
Time after time after time I hear about a "very" high cancer rate in the St. Inigoes area. In particular those close to the Navy Base there. It is important to note that the Navy Base at St. Inigoes deals a lot with electronics. Is there radiation from nearby antennas? We know that micowave antennas cause radiation. What about other types of antennas? Whenever there is a cancer cluster near a Military Base, they become my number one suspect. I am aware that St. Mary's County itself has issues with cancer. But, St. Inigoes is "OFF THE WALL"!!! After a long list of firends who have families that still live there or have lived there and have since died from cancer, the cancers have increased.. Another possible cause is a landfill in the area from many years ago that was never sealed properly.

And now a recent report from a reporter of the "Bay Journal" claims that "forever chemicals" are now found in fish, crabs and perhaps even the drinking water in the area. Any way you look at it, the news is not good. You would think ouir wonderful Health Department would be all over this. NOPE ! If anything, they seem to ignore it or pretend like they have no idea. They choose to ignore it I have had too many friends over a few short years who have died who lived directly in St. Inigoes. All died from cancer. Now my nephew who has folks in their 30s, their wives have died. All three in St. Inigoes I am tired of it. I have a meeting with our Senator coming up. I am going to spell out for him. We shall see what happens. I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I haven't met with him yet. I have tried our Health Department. You go around in circles with them. I am hopeful our Senator can get our Health Department to examine the issue with a more serious demeanor. Besides the Health Department, the MDE should be involved as well. In the meantime, I am urging anyone and everyone I know to move the hell out of St. Inigoes as fast as they know how. If you stay, in my opinion, you put yourself and your family at extreme risk.
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I am going to see if I can find one of the reports in the next few days and post it here.
 
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3CATSAILOR said:
Time after time after time I hear about a "very" high cancer rate in the St. Inigoes area. In particular those close to the Navy Base there. It is important to note that the Navy Base at St. Inigoes deals a lot with electronics. Is there radiation from nearby antennas? We know that micowave antennas cause radiation. What about other types of antennas? Whenever there is a cancer cluster near a Military Base, they become my number one suspect. I am aware that St. Mary's County itself has issues with cancer. But, St. Inigoes is "OFF THE WALL"!!! After a long list of firends who have families that still live there or have lived there and have since died from cancer, the cancers have increased.. Another possible cause is a landfill in the area from many years ago that was never sealed properly.

And now a recent report from a reporter of the "Bay Journal" claims that "forever chemicals" are now found in fish, crabs and perhaps even the drinking water in the area. Any way you look at it, the news is not good. You would think ouir wonderful Health Department would be all over this. NOPE ! If anything, they seem to ignore it or pretend like they have no idea. They choose to ignore it I have had too many friends over a few short years who have died who lived directly in St. Inigoes. All died from cancer. Now my nephew who has folks in their 30s, their wives have died. All three in St. Inigoes I am tired of it. I have a meeting with our Senator coming up. I am going to spell out for him. We shall see what happens. I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I haven't met with him yet. I have tried our Health Department. You go around in circles with them. I am hopeful our Senator can get our Health Department to examine the issue with a more serious demeanor. Besides the Health Department, the MDE should be involved as well. In the meantime, I am urging anyone and everyone I know to move the hell out of St. Inigoes as fast as they know how. If you stay, in my opinion, you put yourself and your family at extreme risk.
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Part of a nicely done article from the Bay Journal states:
The MDE earlier this year tested water and oysters in Southern Maryland after independent testing found PFAS in St. Inigoes Creek in St. Mary’s County. That water sample was taken by a local activist near the Webster airfield annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, where PFAS-laden firefighting foam has been reportedly used in the past.

A seafood platter containing oysters, crab and rockfish with these levels of toxins is a danger to public health, especially women who may be pregnant or breastfeeding,” contended Pat Elder, the activist who also assisted PEER in its testing.

However, it appears to me after reading the Bay Journal article that the State believes if there is any contamination it is low and therefore any exposure to anything toxic to humans would also be low.

Perhaps it is a coincidence so many people in the St. Inigoes area developed cancer. Maybe they just happned to live in St. Inigoes and got it from somewhere else.
 
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