[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "US water likely contains more ‘forever chemicals’ than EPA tests show"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Revealed: US water likely contains more ‘forever chemicals’ than EPA tests show
Guardian analysis of water samples taken in nine US locations shows test agency uses is likely missing significant levels of PFAS pollutants


By Tom Perkins
Guardian
July 6, 2022

In May 2021, a celebration for Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s new $17m water treatment facility drew local and national officials who declared the city’s water free of toxic “forever chemicals”.

Firefighting foam from the nearby Pease air force base had polluted the water for decades with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and in recognition of the public health threat the US military funded the city’s new filtration system.

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But the water may not be clean after all.

A Guardian analysis of water samples taken in Portsmouth and from eight other locations around the United States shows that the type of water testing relied on by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – and officials in towns such as Portsmouth – is so limited in scope that it is probably missing significant levels of PFAS pollutants. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/06/us-drinking-water-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-epa-tests

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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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