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People who lived in the PFOA-contaminated area around DuPont's Washington Works facility were found to have higher levels of PFOA in their blood from drinking water. The highest PFOA levels in drinking water were found in the Little Hocking water system, with an average concentration of 3.55 parts per billion during 2002–2005. [ 14 ]
In November 2017 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced plans to develop its own drinking water standards for PFOA. [76] New Jersey published a standard for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) in September 2018, the first state to do so. [77] The state set the MCL at 13 parts per trillion (ppt). [78]
The EPA issued health advisories for four specific PFASs in June 2022, significantly lowering their safe threshold levels for drinking water. PFOA was reduced from 70 ppt to 0.004 ppt, while PFOS was reduced from 70 ppt to 0.02 ppt. A safe level for the compound GenX was set at 10 ppt, while that for PFBS was set at 2000 ppt. While not ...
The other drinking water plant draws water from an intake at Lake Murray and can produce 75 million gallons of drinking water per day. The wastewater plant can treat 60 million gallons a day.
One particular PFA known as PFOA — which the man’s lawsuit claims is found in the Simply Tropical drink — is classified as a “possible human carcinogen” because of its potential link to ...
PFOA isn't the only chemical that can appear in your water, and the effects of many unregulated chemicals still haven't been explored. An effective water filtration system will weed out chemicals ...
The following is a list of chemicals published as a requirement of Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as California Proposition 65, that are "known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity" as of January 3, 2020. [1]
In a statement, Wyre Council said: "Everyone in the country is exposed to very low levels of PFOA due to their diet. "Based on current information, local residents who regularly eat large amounts ...