www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/17/pfas-us-drinking-water-contaminated-forever-chemicals-epa
Now we’re quantifying the problem, while non profits and activists have been pressuring the EPA , to test our water supply for over a decade. Is it any wonder young women and minorities are prone to cancer, or Americans’ lifespan is less than our EU partners.
Cleaning our water supply is critical. With all our existing infrastructure problems, add clean water to our list of work priorities. We can work our way into prosperity and a better life. The time to start is now. Why wait for the final EPA #’s, start sampling our water supply for toxicity.
According to the data, 220 water systems found some level of PFOA, PFOS, or both chemicals in their drinking water. That means about one in 10 drinking water systems contain the two most notoriously dangerous forever chemicals.
When including all 29 forever chemicals, the data confirms that the drinking water of approximately 26 million Americans is contaminated, according to the EWG non-profit. The data is also “consistent” with a 2020 study from the group that calculated more than 200 million Americans could have some form of PFAS in their drinking water.
“This data confirms that PFAS is a pervasive problem, and it’s going to be a massive challenge for all of these water systems to deliver safe and clean water,” said John Reeder, vice-president for federal affairs at EWG.