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PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals" are found in manufacturing and consumer products and contaminate nearly half of U.S. water supplies. A novel study has linked PFAS-contaminated water with ...
“With drinking water, going back to that kind of historical legacy of use, these types of chemicals were and still are to some extent widely used in firefighting foams,” said Jonathan Meiman ...
It also heats water at elevated temperatures and pressure, so much that "water doesn't behave like water anymore and it takes on a what's called a supercritical state," Higgins said. "And under ...
A group of potentially toxic “forever chemicals,” mostly coming from prescribed drugs, may be contaminating drinking water for millions of Americans, as wastewater treatment plants fail to ...
So-called forever chemicals are in everything from water-resistant clothing to nonstick pans. Here's why they're dangerous to your health, and what you can do about it.
The EPA’s proposed drinking water standards would remove six PFAS or “forever chemicals” from water. Here’s what PFAS really are—and how they can cause harm.
22 May 2017 According to a 2 November 2018, Bloomberg article, the Minnesota Health Department (MHD) notified the office of the Mayor of Cottage Grove, Myron Bailey, that the MHD had "set a new, [stricter], lower level for a type of unregulated chemical found in Minnesota's drinking water" and that Cottage Grove's water "would exceed the new ...
In fact, 99% of Americans have these toxic chemicals (namely the ones called PFAS) in their blood because of how ever-present they are in our food, clothing, water, and household items.