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Sam Ray's avatar

Thank you for all you've done & keep working at. Similar challenges to psychological edu.

You have probably been asked this many times before but do you recommend any sink water purifiers? Of course if there were & you were willing to say so, I'd think they'd pay well for ads.

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Erin Brockovich's avatar

The most important factor is to match your water filter with the contaminants in your water. More info on how to do that here: https://www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/q-what-water-filter-is-best

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Sam Ray's avatar

Thanks Erin. Much appreciated.

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Robert Lundahl's avatar

Dear Erin, I made a film called PayDirt in 2011. It was made in three segments, focusing on Homebuilding in Hutto, Texas, and military base conversion in California, at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard In San Francisco, and at El Toro Naval Marine Air Station in Orange County.

The three segments were given titles, “Bad Soil,” “Dead Men Tell No Lies,” and “Code of Silence.” The backstory in all was and remains a legacy of highly toxic pollution, including Arsenic, Trichlorethylene (TCE) and Asbestos. Various heavy metals and nuclear materials were found at the later two former military installations including U235 Uranium, Radium-226, Cesium-137, Strontium-90, and Plutonium-239

I thought you should see it. There's a link to part of the story here: https://www.robertlundahl.com/who-was-tim-king

For the remainder of same, shoot me a line. On a second front, regarding Chromium VI, I'd been working on a series of Cinema Verite Radio Documentaries with KPFK, Los Angeles and produced this story on Cadiz Water with Pat Flanagan. Turns out their water marketing scheme is tainted and defined by Chromium VI pollution. There's more detail. Would like to speak with you.

https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/565116-sucking-california-dry

Cheers, Robert Lundahl, Unassailable Ecological

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~The Polly Lama~'s avatar

I watched it for my 4th time over the weekend. I'm still in awe of what you did.

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Cylvia Hayes's avatar

I so appreciate your work and tenacity. The unintended, but not surprising, consequences of Humanity's imbalance, arrogance, and trashing of the rest of nature can no longer be ignored. Those of us who see this must keep leaning in.

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Robin Wright (fame-TBD)'s avatar

You are my hero.

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Indie's avatar

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Thanks to you, I know what this is and how bad it is. Thank you, Erin, for telling the stories about water that few will.

https://kion546.com/news/santa-cruz-county/watsonville/2025/09/15/above-state-standard-levels-of-hexavalant-chromium-found-in-watsonville-water-supply/

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abdelali's avatar

Bonsoir alors que l’eau potable est un don de dieu ,je ne comprend pas comment nos entreprises allier a nos gouvernants permettent de polluer ce don vitale a l’être humain

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Lidia Page's avatar

“Lulled by the soft sell and the hidden persuader, the average citizen is seldom aware of the deadly materials with which he is surrounding himself; indeed, he may not realize he is using them at all.”

Rachel Carson 1962, p.174

“Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?

Rachel Carson, 1962, p.12

Carson, R. (1962). Silent Spring. The Riverside Press.

I’m so low on hope. We rally for Jimmy Kimmel, but nothing moves us to action about the movies Public Trust Robert Redford produced with Patagonia, or the movie Dark Waters with Mark Ruffalo.

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An Mcgreevy's avatar

Me since Toms River 1984🤬

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Jake Carney's avatar

Agriculture, “ defense” and Industrial waste and lack of Water Treatment Systems in large populated areas.

I think agriculture is as big a problem as industrial waste.

Great Lakes is the front lines. New mines, pipeline five. It’s a hill I may just die on.

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Erick's avatar

Erin, interesting you never seem interested in the SOLUTION that removes AFFF/PFAS or Wastewater, hydrocarbons! Why?

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Erin Brockovich's avatar

I AM interested.

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Erick's avatar

We would do good together, but I understand you are independent. Not trying to sell you something, but Change Bad water to good water. I’m dealing with 200 families and 55 acres of Oil spilled on their properties! Two children dead, many agricultural animals dead open sores, police brutality collusion, corruption of local authorities Agencies lying under oath perjuring themselves! My contact 713-349-4544 thank you.

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