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U.S. Drinking Water Contaminated With "Forever" Chemicals (Perfluoroalkyl Substances)

posted by takyon on Monday January 27 2020, @11:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the bottoms-up dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

U.S. drinking water widely contaminated with 'forever chemicals': environment watchdog

The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made "forever chemicals" is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group.

The chemicals, resistant to breaking down in the environment, are known as perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Some have been linked to cancers, liver damage, low birth weight and other health problems.

The findings here by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) show the group's previous estimate in 2018, based on unpublished U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data, that 110 million Americans may be contaminated with PFAS, could be far too low.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 28 2020, @02:50AM (5 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 28 2020, @02:50AM (#949778) Journal

    Modding this up so it gets seen, because it happens to be both informative (so +1 Informative)! and relevant.

    If you post this again, alter the wording a bit and change the order of some of the facts, maybe write an intro and an outro, so someone doesn't Spam mod it. Remember, this place is up to its eyeballs in RWNJs, the kind of sociopath who will sodomize the spirit of the law with the letter of the law until the former is bleeding and the latter is bent.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 28 2020, @04:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 28 2020, @04:00AM (#949843)

    Nah, I'll follow the hypocritical Code of Conduct a certain admin is so fond of.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 28 2020, @08:26AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 28 2020, @08:26AM (#949980)
    If only you knew the real poster of the above copypasta. He, or she, is playing you like a fucking fiddle. Honestly, you will be embarassed if you ever work it out.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 28 2020, @06:49PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 28 2020, @06:49PM (#950171)

      Lol, what kind of weird reasoning is this? I could be one of the hundred of millions of Americans who think Trump is a criminal that should be removed.

      OH NO A PSYOP TO MAKE TRUMP LOOK BAD! Shocking development, it is ACTUALLY A TRUMP SUPPORTER!

      Seriously, wtf level of crazy pills they have you on? What possible conspiracy scenario could you be imagining that would make your point have any sense at all?

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 29 2020, @01:07AM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 29 2020, @01:07AM (#950363) Journal

      Enlighten me :)

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by slashnot on Tuesday January 28 2020, @09:36PM

    by slashnot (8607) on Tuesday January 28 2020, @09:36PM (#950247)

    Without taking sides, the post is NOT relevant to this topic and does not belong on this forum. I'll go to FOX or MSNBC if I want to see political FUD. I come to Soylent to avoid it.

    Keep it on-topic.