At least 60% of US population may face ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water, tests suggest
by Tom Perkins from on (#6JRHC)
Federal tests of one-third of water systems find 70 million Americans exposed to PFAS - suggesting 200 million affected overall
About 70 million people are exposed to toxic PFAS forever chemicals" in US drinking water, new testing from the Environmental Protection Agency has found.
But the testing completed to date has only checked about one-third of the nation's public water systems, meaning the agency is on pace to find over 200 million people are exposed, or at least 60% of the US population.
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