Wednesday's postcard, and the Spokane Airport's word-bomb response to disclosure of its PFAS contamination problem

September 13, 2023

Flexing merganser, Latah Creek

Troubled water and a scorching letter

Until nine weeks ago, the unsettling story of how contaminated well water on the plains west of Spokane exposed at least thousands of people to potentially harmful levels of highly toxic, synthetic chemicals was missing a large piece of the puzzle. While Fairchild Air Force Base had step…