0C710D09-5A44-4020-B8D4-DDBBFFA800F6.jpeg

You might be one of the 16 million Americans who are drinking polluted water. A recent study found that the drinking water of numerous counties in 36 states tested positive for toxic chemicals called perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), an article in the Bucks County Courier Timesstated.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) mapped out communities in the U.S. whose drinking water showed high levels of PFAS. Residents of those counties – like the 70,000 people who live in Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania – are at risk from potential illnesses.

A decade ago, the sites with known cases of PFAS-contaminated drinking water supplies could be counted on two hands. Now, they number close to 100, said the EWG.

Many of these sites are military installations, which used firefighting foams comprised of those chemicals. Others are located near chemical plants that use PFAS to produce a wide variety of products. (Related: Officials in Michigan release fish consumption advisories after three lakes found to contain cancer-causing chemicals.)

[READ MORE]

You may also like

There is something wrong with Feed URL