For decades, academic researchers have linked PFAS chemicals to a large variety of health issues, including infertility, obesity, childhood developmental effects, immunodeficiency, and even cancer. And to the concern of many Americans, PFAS have become so widespread in the United States that they’ve contaminated roughly 45% of our drinking water. Today, over 15,000 people have […]
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Since the 1940s, manufacturers have used synthetic chemicals called PFAS to make hundreds, if not thousands of industrial goods and consumer products. Because PFAS can slowly break down over several years in the human body and hundreds of years in the environment, researchers have aptly called them “forever chemicals.” PFAS have been identified in a
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In a potentially life-changing decision, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)— a federal agency that has responded to environmental problems since 1970— announced a new national standard in April 2024 that will significantly limit the amount of six different PFAS chemicals allowed in public drinking water systems. PFAS, which stands for “per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances”, are
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