Powerful cinematic hard rock · 95 BPM · Written April 16, 2026
The EPA maximum contaminant level for PFOS is 4 ppt. On-base wells at Willow Grove Naval Air Station returned 13,700 ppt PFOS — 3,425 times the safe limit — from decades of AFFF firefighting foam use. Veterans stationed there drank that water. Their families drank that water.
"three m, they knew it too since seventy-nine." — documented by ProPublica. 3M's own internal research identified health concerns associated with PFAS compounds in 1979. The 1996 date in the next verse references the ATSDR Public Health Assessment for NASJRB Willow Grove — a federal assessment that came to the site and, as the lyric says, "missed the poison." 3M discontinued PFOS production in 2002 — 23 years after their own scientists knew. The gap is not a gap in the science. It's a business decision.
Chuck served at Willow Grove NAS. His PFAS blood panel in December 2025 returned a NASEM summation of 9.06 ng/mL. PFHxS alone was 5.40 ng/mL — with a 7–8 year half-life, that back-calculates to an estimated 21–27 ng/mL at peak exposure. The damage preceded the diagnosis by years. The PSA tells the story.
Normal: <4.0 ng/mL · Gleason 4+3 · Grade Group 3 · 5/35 cores positive · VA record
⚠ D'Amico >2.0 ng/mL/yr = shorter time to death (D'Amico et al., NEJM)
The damage preceded the diagnosis. The diagnosis preceded the action. The action is now a race.
PFAS panel, PSA trajectory, biopsy result, lagging indicator analysis, and the full context at Willow Grove NAS.
Read the Case →EPA 2024 regulations, H.R. 3639 VET PFAS Act, Cholestyramine treatment, bio-remediation, and the legislative path to PACT Act inclusion.
Read the Plan →watch the seconds, and the minutes, pass.
the way they broke him, piece - by - piece,
a suffering, that finds no release.
i feel the fire, i feel the weight,
of a thousand lies, and a bitter fate.
the walls are shaking, with the sound,
of the rage, that i have found.
it isn't right, it isn't fair.
but finally, the world is there.
they're listening now, the tide has turned,
from every bridge, that they have burned.
they stood and watched him, rot in pain!
a toxic tide, within the deep,
while they were comfortable, in sleep!
they turned their heads! they looked away!
while the sickness, claimed its prey!
three m, they knew it too since seventy-nine.↑ ProPublica 1979
yeah, they al-ways knew!
another piece of his life, was lost.
in ninety six [sic], they came to see,↑ ATSDR 1996
but missed the poison, unintentionally?
no, three m was keeping it hidden.
they tested the water, for the wrong lead,
while the "forever chemicals", spread.
a thirty-year gap, the truth was known,↑ 1979–2009
but chuck was left, in the danger zone.
will-oh grove, the truth is found,↑ 13,700 ppt PFOS
seeping through, the hollow ground.
they stood and watched him, rot in pain!
a toxic tide, within the deep,
while they were comfortable, in sleep!
they turned their heads! they looked away!
while the sickness, claimed its prey!
they knew!
yeah, they al-ways knew!
while i look at his hollow face?
how do i offer up the 'good'?
but let this example serve!
let the healing come around!
we reclaim the ground!
we save the rest!
we break the chain!
we won't let them die in vain!
the truth is out, the ground is cold,
a bitter end, for the brave and bold.
they're listening now!
the mission's clear!
PACT ACT INCLUSION, now!
for every soul, poisoned there!
they knew!
we won't let it happen, again!
they... knew.
Written April 16, 2026. The 1979 reference documented by ProPublica. The 1996 date in the ATSDR Public Health Assessment for NASJRB Willow Grove. The name in the lyric is real. The data behind it is real. He gave permission to publish.