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US drinking water could contain double the reported PFAS levels, model estimates
Source: Phys.org · Published
Common ways of reporting perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the man-made, so-called forever chemicals that pose environmental and health threats—could underestimate the concentration of PFAS in U.S. drinking water by as much as half, according to a study being published Oct. 23 in Cell Reports Sustainability.
Key points
- Common ways of reporting perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the man-made, so-called forever chemicals that pose environmental and health threats—could underestimate the concentration of PFAS in U.S.
- drinking water by as much as half, according to a study being published Oct.
- 23 in Cell Reports Sustainability.
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