The "eternal chemicals" were found in the drinking water – water that the people of Kallinge have been drinking for decades. The poisoning scandal in Blekinge ended with those affected being entitled to damages according to a ruling by the Supreme Court.
Now, a new report shows that PFAS continues to leak into the groundwater, reports P4 Blekinge.
The PFAS scandal in Kallinge broke out in 2013, when the county administrative board in Blekinge carried out an extended sampling of environmental toxins in the groundwater. The Brantafors waterworks in Kallinge was shut down when the municipal company Ronneby Environment and Technology found high levels of PFAS in the drinking water. Suspicion was directed towards a nearby firefighting training site on F17, where firefighting foam containing the substances had been used. According to a new report commissioned by the defence, the leak continues.
The Supreme Court has previously found that high levels of PFAS in the blood can be considered a personal injury and that it should therefore be possible to seek damages if the cause is contaminated drinking water.
Claims for damages from those who have drunk PFAS-contaminated water have been directed against Ronneby's water company, Ronneby Environment and Technology AB, which in turn wants the Defence Forces to take responsibility – something the Defence Forces have rejected.
