Category: Public health
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Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
Water of about 26 million is contaminated as new data offers the most robust look into exactly which communities are polluted New data shows that about one-in-10 drinking water systems contain the two most notoriously dangerous forever chemicals. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Drinking water consumed by millions of Americans from hundreds of communities spread across…
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Editorial: Get the ‘forever chemicals’ out of our drinking water
Photo: A machine is rinsed that runs samples to test for PFAS compounds at the Orange County Water District on Oct. 9, 2019. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that nearly half of the drinking water in the United States is contaminated with “forever chemicals,” the per- and…
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Red Hill’s Fuel Director Raised An Alarm Before Pipes Leaked. The Navy Removed Her
Photo: Navy. Lt. Cmdr. Shannon Bencs, photographed walking through a Red Hill tunnel. (U.S. Navy photo/2020) [H2O IQ ed: In the early days of the Red Hill duel spill, it seemed clear to us that some Navy representatives were treating the incident as a public-relations problem to be addressed instead of an imminent threat to…
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CDC report: People and animals are increasingly getting sick from toxic algae
Photo: A duck swims in algae laden water that has gathered on the bank of the Caloosahatchee River at Centennial Park in Fort Myers on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Algae is showing up in parts of the river and canals in Southwest Florida. REVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A new federal report says more people and…
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Risk of tap water exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals higher in Southern California
Nearly 50% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have at least one type of PFAS, a group of harmful “forever chemicals.” (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times) Tap water in urban areas of Southern and Central California appears more likely to be contaminated by PFAS “forever chemicals” than drinking water in many other regions of the…
