‘Forever chemicals’: Water supplies throughout California will exceed new national limits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [last week] unveiled the first nationwide limits on dangerous “forever chemicals” in drinking water, setting standards that will have sweeping, costly effects throughout California. … In California alone, traces of the compounds have been detected in water systems serving more than 25 million people, nearly a third in disadvantaged communities, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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