Pat Elder's 20-city California tour will draw attention to the public health crisis caused by the military's contamination of the environment

Pat Elder is an investigative journalist with Civilian Exposure, an organization based in Camp Lejeune, NC that tracks how the military contaminates people and the planet. Pat’s focus is on documenting the harm caused by the U.S. military’s use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in routine fire-fighting drills.