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The findings here by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) show the group's previous estimate in 2018, based on unpublished U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data, that 110 million Americans may be contaminated with PFAS, could be far too low.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 28 2020, @11:15PM (1 child)
Producing more planes (CO2 baaad!) to fly more commoners around (CO2 doubleplusbaaad!!!11) is absolutely against The Climate Goals (tm). As is producing anything material at all, if you think about it (you likely don't). From that, one can easily extrapolate the results (you probably cannot, but that is of no consequence).
The objective reality is that thing that keeps happening to you despite your wholehearted belief that it should not.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 29 2020, @12:20AM
Inquisitive minds want to know: is it general or just when europeans do it but Boeing planes are just fine.