N.C. Donovan, like most people , just always assumed it was safe. "The EPA doesn't require utilities to regularly test for them," she said, "so there's really no way for the average American to know if it's even in their drinking water right now. Or in their...
Families can use the interactiveEWG PFAS water contamination mapto determine whether your area may have toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water. However, due to decades of loosely regulated PFAS dumping and lack of publicly available data on firefighting training sites, recent research has shown the ...
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The number of locations in the United States with a class of toxic chemicals found in drinking water has tripledsince 2018, according to a new map released today by public health advocates and researchers.Those chemicals are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, which are found ...
A map ofPFAS contaminationin the United States. Updated in 2018 by the Environmental Working Group. As of March 2019, at least 610 locations in 43 states are known to be contaminated (2) and more than 1,500 drinking water systems across the U.S. may be contaminated with PFOA and PFOS,...
The EPA is using its resources under various programs to effectuate its PFAS Strategic Roadmap. The projected costs to water suppliers and industry are expected to be significant. In December 2021 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included $10 billion to address PFAS in drinking water. On...
Detailing progress on the EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap and a whole-of-agency approach to tackling PFAS Update on the EPA’s proposed drinking water standards Outlining use of the EPA Analytic Tools in developing a better understanding of PFAS sources and risks ...
This map shows PFAS results from public drinking water systems in the State of Maryland collected between September 2020 and December 2023 as part of theMaryland Department of the Environment’s PFAS Public Drinking Water System Study. “Due to the human health effects, monitoring in the [Chesapea...
According to the White House, the PFAS Strategic Roadmap is just one part of the nation’s plan to combat PFAS contamination. On the same day the roadmap was announced, the Biden Administration issued a multi-agency plan regarding PFAS pollution. ...
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