A new study of “forever chemicals” from the United States Geological Survey estimates that these contaminants now taint nearly half of the nation’s tap water. PFAS refers to more than 12,000 chemicals that persist and can build up in the body.
In the latest evidence of the pervasiveness of “forever chemicals,” a new study from the United States Geological Survey estimates that these contaminants now taint nearly half of the nation’s tap water.The federal study, one of the most extensive of its kind looking directly at water coming out of a tap, adds to a body of research showing that PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — chemicals are not only long-lasting but widespread in drinking supplies.
“Millions of people have been drinking a toxic forever chemical linked to cancer all their lives and are only discovering it today,” Scott Faber, the senior vice president for government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, said Thursday on the research.Studies are steadily documenting the ubiquity of this class of chemicals.
The researchers behind the USGS study analyzed water collected from over 700 taps and kitchen faucets The chemicals were also more prevalent in the Great Plains, Great Lakes, Eastern Seaboard and central and Southern California regions, according to the study.The USGS hailed the research as the first time scientists have broadly tested for and compared PFAS in tap water from both private and public water suppliers nationwide. PFAS concentrations were similar between the two sources, according to the study.
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