Questions are being raised about the quality of water treatment systems around the nation.
A Fairfield, Maine, couple's lives changed significantly when the state's Department of Environmental Protection warned them not to drink, bathe in or feed their animals water from their well after discovering it contained dangerous levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances .'It took the wind out of both of us. We never even thought that one water test would change our lives forever,' Lawrence Higgins said, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News.
the newspaper's report said.Newsweek reached out to the DEP by email for comment.PFAS encompass thousands of man-made chemicals found in everyday items such as nonstick cookware, firefighting foams, grease-resistant food wrappers and water-resistant clothing. known as 'forever chemicals' because of the long time it takes them to break down, can cause harm in high exposure amounts.During the breakdown process, PFAS can seep into the soil and water supply. These chemicals threaten the water supply when products containing them are dumped onto the ground or into lakes and rivers. In Maine, the contamination is expected to come from a fertilizer sludge that was spread across farm fields.
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