[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "PFAS pollution led to contamination of US drinking water wells, study finds"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

PFAS pollution led to contamination of US drinking water wells, study finds 
PFAS chemicals detected in 20% of private wells and 60% of public wells sampled in 16 eastern states

By Tom Perkins

Guardian

February 25, 2022

Pollution by toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in America’s aquifer system has led to widespread contamination of private and public drinking water wells, data from a new study by the US Geological Survey finds.

The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology, detected PFAS chemicals in 20% of private wells and 60% of public wells sampled in 16 eastern states, and offered new insights on how to predict which drinking water sources may be contaminated.

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Previous analyses have detailed the chemicals’ ubiquity in municipal water systems, but less is known about the scope of the problem in the nation’s private wells, from which about 43 million people get their water.

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For the entire article and a link to the full study, see
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/25/pfas-us-drinking-water-wells-study

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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