Dr. Christopher J. Bolan is a Professor of Middle East Security Studies at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA. His opinions are his own and do not reflect the positions of any U.S. government agency.
The United States bears its share of responsibility for this crisis that is destroying Ukraine and placing the world in "unprecedented danger," as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' new Doomsday Clock statement calls it.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a growing concern because of the many health impacts associated with exposure and their tendency to persist in the human body for months to years and in the environment for thousands of years.