Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks.
  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
    24·
    6 months ago

    Unless your well is drawing from an uncontaminated aquifer that isn’t recharged by rainwater, that doesn’t really help you. This class of chemicals wound up pretty much everywhere.

    • Montagge@lemmy.zip
      13·
      6 months ago

      I was referring to the utilities response not the pollution itself. You’re not wrong.