"Environmental Protection Agency mandates that water providers reduce perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known collectively as PFAS, to near-zero levels...the chemicals can be found in water-repellent clothes and carpets, certain shampoos, cosmetics and hundreds of other household items."
"The E.P.A. estimated it would cost water utilities about $1.5 billion annually to comply with the rule..."
In 2022, the E.P.A. found the chemicals could cause harm at levels "much lower than previously understood" and that almost no level of exposure was safe. Under the new rule from the E.P.A.... reduce contamination if levels exceeded the new standard of 4 parts per trillion... Previously... no more than 70 parts per trillion of the chemicals."
"...estimated that more than 200 million Americans had PFAS in their drinking water."
"health effects of PFAS...associated with metabolic disorders, decreased fertility in women, developmental delays in children and increased risk of some prostate, kidney and testicular cancers...delay in the onset of puberty in girls, leading to a higher incidence of breast cancer, renal disease, and thyroid disease; a decrease in bone density in teenagers, potentially leading to osteoporosis; and an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in women."
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