[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Rhode Island Tests for Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ But Lacks Uniform Requirements to Address Health Concerns"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rhode Island Tests for Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ But Lacks Uniform Requirements to Address Health Concerns


By BRIAN P. D. HANNON
ecoRI News (RI)
June 23, 2021

Rhode Island municipalities have not reported the dangerous levels of “forever chemicals” seeping into drinking water systems throughout the country, but testing for the substances here is not uniform and learning about contaminant levels in each city or town involves searching municipal websites or reading pamphlets produced annually.

Attempts to codify safe levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination continue in the General Assembly, leaving drinking water distribution systems without a single standard.

Water supply in Rhode Island is dispersed, with several cities and towns using centralized water systems, others relying on larger, neighboring communities for their supply and some smaller communities using local wells.

“Folks here have their own wells and would have to have them tested at their own expense,” Little Compton town administrator Antonio Teixeira said.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.ecori.org/public-safety/2021/6/22/rhode-island-tests-for-harmful-forever-chemicals-but-more-uniform-requirements-needed

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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