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2. How to limit PFAS in your drinking water and food, according ...

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   “It would be about 25 years before all the PFAS leave your body.” Testing your water. ... microwave popcorn bags and take-out pizza boxes are a major source of dietary exposure to PFAS.

3. PFAS 'forever chemicals' can harm you. So where are ... - AOL

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   Fire-retardant foam, which contained PFAS compounds for decades, often found use at military bases and airstrips, causing costly pollution to nearby water sources. The U.S. Department of Defense ...

4. Who's to blame for PFAS in our drinking water? Here's what ...

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   Military bases topped the list of potential sources among drinking water systems that detected PFAS above the EPA’s new limits, but USA TODAY found airports closely followed with 50 systems.

5. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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   USGS map showing the number of PFAS detections in tap water samples from select sites across the U.S. In April 2024, the EPA issued a final drinking water rule for PFOA, PFOS, GenX, PFBS, PFNA, and PFHxS. Within three years, public water systems must remove these six PFAS to near-zero levels. States may be awarded grants up to $1 billion in aid ...

6. Water contamination in Lawrence and Morgan Counties, Alabama

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   The West Morgan-East Lawrence Water Authority, which services parts of both Morgan and Lawrence counties, was one of the main water facilities cited as potentially having a water pollution issue. [4] The manufacturing company 3M is believed to have contributed to the pollution as a result of activity at a Decatur, a city in Morgan County ...

7. Water pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Topsoil runoff from farm, central Iowa (2011). Water pollution in the United States is a growing problem that became critical in the 19th century with the development of mechanized agriculture, mining, and manufacturing industries—although laws and regulations introduced in the late 20th century have improved water quality in many water bodies. [1]