Limits On Pfas In Drinking Water To Benefit 100m Americans

Drinking water contaminated with PFAS directly linked to dangerous blood toxin levels

Communities with higher levels of PFAS in their water also have higher levels of these substances in their blood. Read More

PFAS Are in Many Americans’ Drinking Water. Here’s What You Need To Know

From nonstick cookware to rain jackets and even mattress pads, PFAS (otherwise known ominously as “forever chemicals”) seem to be just about everywhere. In fact, these days, even the most assiduously ... Read More

Officials discover concerning substances in US drinking water supply: 'Wait-and-see'

They are incredibly difficult to filter out of the water. Officials discover concerning substances in US drinking water supply: 'Wait-and-see' first appeared on The Cool Down. Read More

Weighing the opportunity cost of treating PFAS in drinking water

Funding for drinking water is limited, and any money we as a society spend on PFAS is money we can’t spend on needed infrastructure elsewhere. Everyone deserves clean water. It’s integral to health ... Read More

EPA pursues new tactic to undo PFAS drinking-water limits

Water running from a faucet The Environmental Protection Agency is asking a federal court to find that limits on four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, set by the Joe Biden ... Read More

Advanced PFAS water filters found to deliver wider health benefits

Water treatment systems designed to remove the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS may provide far greater public health benefits than previously recognized, according to new research from the ... Read More

New EPA data show more towns have PFAS in their water. Is yours one?

Shane Pepe knows exactly how his town's drinking water came to be polluted with the "forever chemicals" it recently reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The borough manager in Emmaus, ... Read More

Trump admin asks court to kill 4 PFAS drinking water limits

The prior administration failed to follow a procedural step in the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA attorneys said in a new filing. The Trump administration asked a federal court Thursday to toss out ... Read More

PFAS filters could also cut other cancer-linked chemicals, study finds

Filters made to remove toxic "forever chemicals" from drinking water may also cut other cancer-linked contaminants, a new peer-reviewed study finds. Scientists warn that delays in stronger PFAS ... Read More

Millions More Americans Are Being Exposed to Contaminated Water

New data released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shown that millions more Americans are drinking water that is contaminated with carcinogenic chemicals, the Environmental Working ... Read More

Map Shows States Where Drinking Water is Contaminated With Most PFAS

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been rolling out waves of data showing which locations across the country have the highest levels of PFAS contamination in drinking water systems. The ... Read More