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There are signs the chemicals have spread well beyond 3M’s property in Cordova. Contractors found at least two PFAS in three of eight public water systems and 68 of 72 private wells tested in Illinois and Iowa during the summer. The most alarming levels were detected on the Illinois side of the river, where concentrations of one PFAS in private wells were up to 6,250 times higher than the EPA’s latest health advisory.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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