Eareckson AFB is located on Shemya Island, Alaska. Originally Shemya Air Force Base, the facility was established in 1943. Regrettably, the military base is heavily contaminated with PFAS, a group of toxic chemicals that can greatly endanger the health of the people stationed there.
The culprit behind the PFAS contamination is suspected to be the use of AFFF by firefighters and trainees. This is a fire suppressant that, interestingly, was developed by the U.S. Navy together with the 3M company in the 1960s. It contains large amounts of PFAS, a group of dangerous fluorinated chemicals, exposure to which can result in terrible diseases. According to the EWG tests done in 2019, the groundwater at the base was found to contain 10,320 ppt PFOS and PFOA, two of the most common PFAS types, both carcinogenic to humans.
Exposure to PFAS is associated with numerous awful diseases, some of which are life-threatening. Unfortunately, there are numerous veterans who served as military firefighters over recent years and subsequently came to struggle with a form of cancer as a consequence of frequent exposure to PFAS. Even the personal protective equipment of military firefighters contains PFAS. The following are the diagnoses for which you can seek financial compensation from the AFFF companies that exposed you to PFAS, a process with which we will help you:
Veterans with one of the diagnoses above are eligible for compensation, which they can recover from the liable companies with the legal assistance of skillful attorneys. Furthermore, the family members of veterans who were stationed with them at Eareckson Air Force Base and developed a disease can also file a toxic exposure claim to obtain financial compensation.
With over 35 years of vetting cases for victims of toxic exposure, our resourceful team is ready to provide you with quality legal assistance if your health was affected by PFAS exposure at a military base such as Eareckson Air Force Base.
After we assess your situation in a quick over-the-phone process and find you eligible to file a PFAS claim, a skilled lawyer will file a toxic exposure claim on your behalf, which is bound to result in the maximum compensation available for your diagnosis.
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