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EPA Standards Miss Many Chemicals in Drinking Water, Study Says [1]

['Kris Maher']

Date: 2023-05 

Some PFAS in drinking water have been linked to cancer and other health problems. Photo: Steve Pfost/Newsday/Getty Images

Authors of a new study say that the federal government is likely underestimating the extent of “forever chemicals” contamination in drinking water nationally.

The Natural Resources Defense Council study illustrates a central challenge of regulating a group of hundreds of chemicals that were used widely for decades and don’t break down in the environment: identifying which of those chemicals have tainted drinking-water sources.

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[1] Url: https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-standards-miss-many-chemicals-in-drinking-water-study-says-eb748826

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