FEMA confirms thousands of expired water bottles left on farmland in Puerto Rico
Source: The Hill
Tens of thousands of water bottles meant for the people of Puerto Rico after a pair of hurricanes hit the island in 2017 are sitting unopened on farmland near the city of San Juan nearly two years after the disasters.
Photographs of the water bottles emerged this week after international news agency AFP captured aeriel images of the bottles on what appeared to be a private estate 25 miles west of San Juan. Some of the images showed broken pallets with the bottles.
A spokesman from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confirmed to AFP that the water bottles had been provided as part of relief for Hurricane Maria, which hit the island in September 2017.
The water was expired and it was assumed that the bottles are being disposed of, AFP reported. It said the spokesman declined to say exactly how many water bottles there were, how long they were on the farm and why they were permitted to expire.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455280-fema-confirms-thousands-of-expired-water-bottles-left-on-farmland
Opel_Justwax
(230 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,140 posts)Bayard
(22,011 posts)Leaches plastic into the water.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)This is accelerated while sitting outdoors in the sun.
sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)"only taxpayer money, right?" I want to know how much the Pentagon budget is inflated, since they can afford to hand over a couple of BILLION $$$$ for tRump's asinine wall. They will have to cut down on the $300 hammers etc to let go of this much of their budget. They can suddenly afford this yet the troops live in sub standard housing, needing raises.
Quackers
(2,256 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,594 posts)It was intended for never got it in the first place. So it's 100 percent wasted.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)That's not left over. That's a rip off.
durablend
(7,456 posts)"See? Government can't work!"
NickB79
(19,224 posts)So it's not "left over". It was desperately needed.
Everyman Jackal
(271 posts)do you think he will send more paper towels to the Puerto Ricans so they can clean up the water?
in2herbs
(2,944 posts)EarthFirst
(2,899 posts)Find out.