BREAKING: A new federal study has found that at least 45% of tap water nationwide is likely contaminated with PFAS, a family of harmful “forever chemicals” that do not break down in the environment.
a similar $1.19 billion settlement over drinking water contamination last week. All four companies have denied wrongdoing.across the U.S. that are likely having PFAS discharges into local storm and wastewater streams,” Hayes said. “So that settlement money is a drop in the bucket, and they are going deal it with it forever.”
More than 700 current and former military sites are known or suspected to be contaminated with PFAS. The Pentagon has said it needs at least $7 billion for PFAS detection and cleanup after 2023, part of an estimated $31 billion needed to address environmental contamination at military sites. However, funding from Congress, and a backlog of contaminated sites, according to the Environmental Working Group.
“The cuts in spending don’t match up with what is happening on the ground,” Hayes said, adding that the USGS study adds to a growing pile of data suggesting the U.S. faces decades of PFAS cleanup and costs will only increase.for six common types of PFAS found in drinking water, but the rules must be finalized before municipal water systems are required to test for and remove PFAS.
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