Cities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey are in areas where there are high numbers of water systems above the limit.
A Newsweek map shows the cities with the most water systems in which PFAS levels in drinking water have measured above the proposed limit.In spring, the Environmental Protection Agency introduced new federal limits on the 'forever chemicals' which have been linked to serious health conditions such as cancer, liver and heart damage, fertility and developmental impacts on children.
'In Merrimack, New Hampshire, St. Gobain Performance Plastics was determined to be the source of local groundwater PFAS contamination, resulting from their atmospheric stack discharge. Many affected wells had to be abandoned and replaced with other sources of water. Just these two examples affected many water users...with many, many more examples across the country.
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