The EPA has issued federal limits on dangerous “forever chemicals” in drinking water, which it says will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses.
The Environmental Protection Agency early Wednesday issued federal limits on dangerous “forever chemicals” in drinking water, which it believes will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses including cancer. The new rules require that water systems monitor for six toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The manmade chemicals, officially called per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are notoriously hard to destroy. They build up in the body and don’t break down in the environment.
Dan Newton, assistant deputy director at the State Water Resources Control Board, said that 2,000 wells near those sites have been tested. “We found so far that about 60% of those wells have detections of PFAS,” Newton said. He said it was difficult to know what testing would find in wells that were not near sites known to be contaminated.
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