Forty-six million Americans are drinking "forever chemicals" in their tap water, report finds
Forty-six million Americans are drinking "forever chemicals" in their tap water, report finds
PFAS, or "forever chemicals," appear in thousands of commonly used household products — and millions drink them
Honestly surprised it isn't 100% of Americans with how much Teflon there is out there
48Oh you're getting pfas chems, just not from the water
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Here's a map showing where the contamination is at its worst ... and it's terrifying.
Fort Worth has 7 contaminants and is 760% over EPA minimum reporting levels.
Phoenix has 2 contaminants and is 433% over EPA minimum reporting levels.
Vancouver, WA has 7 contaminants and is 352% over EPA minimum reporting levels.
Wilmington, DE has 7 contaminants and is 693% over EPA minimum reporting levels.
Edit to add ...
Augusta has 6 contaminants and is 1606% over EPA minimum levels.
34Woodbury, MN has a couple sections around that and another section at over 5800%. And I believe that's over the proposed limits, not over minimum reporting levels.
4Great! Glad I grew up there!
4I went by the explanation on the map.
This map shows water systems included in the EPA's records, as of Nov. 9. It’s based on boundaries developed by SimpleLab, a water-testing company. Click on a system to see the number of pollutants detected at or above the EPA's minimum reporting levels and by what percent they exceeded those limits.
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Damn. Another reason I’m glad to have gotten out of Vancouver.
2Hahaha Broken Arrow Oklahoma the city who thinks that only the rich should be allowed to live 50% containment. Coweta is fucked.
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Just give them Brawndo
32It has electrolytes! It's what plants crave!
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One of my best investments has been a multi-stage RO system.
21Do you know of a good brand for RO filtration? With the way our infrastructure is crumbling I would enjoy the extra peace of mind if clean water.
7https://www.uswatersystems.com/ is who I went with.
If you're willing to spend $$$ and want professional installation, https://www.kinetico.com/ might be worth a look as well.
4I got a countertop one on amazon called bluevua, it has a reading for the water quality in and out, im pretty happy with it
2https://www.water-right.com/products/eclipse-ro/
This has been great for me
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That's cool I didn't want to live long anyways.
18arent forever chemicals the leading cause of immortality? /s
5Immortality for the cancer cells
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Well that’s just swell. Are any of these ever found in bottled water?
14That's okay, I hear cancer's really fun! Personally, I'm excited!
5Time to drill your own well, eh?
3PFAS also dissolve easily in water, and a 2023 report from the US Geological Survey revealed that PFAS have been found in 45% of drinking water in the US, including private wells and public water supplies.
21At this point pfas is everywhere. It's in the ground water, it's in our riverways, it has even been detected in the snow pack on Everest. Your best bet for minimizing it is probably treating your water before use.
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Is water itself not a forever chemical? 🤔
-31It is not. It is pretty easy to break water down into hydrogen and oxygen.
31How do you know absolutely nothing about what water is? Or elementary level basic chemistry.
I'm honestly extremely stupified you've never even boiled water before.6