On Today’s Show:
I cover the full Wapiti Fire Camp burnover report.
Issues involved communication, transition days, assumptions over computer models for fire spread, and more.
A new USC study says wildfire retardants are filled with heavy metals.
Some had levels 880 times higher than allowable for drinking water.
This opens the door for all sorts of questions and problems, including lawsuits and questions about the potential for cancers and safety concerns.
It also raises the question, what’s the alternative? Retardant has been proven to help reduce the growth of wildfires across the American West.
I cover how female reproductive cancers have been left out of wildfire illness coverage, but male cancers have been included. This needs to change.
Plus more.
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