Groups working on solutions to eliminate PFAS from water

Nearly half of our country’s tap water could have one or more types of the health impacting chemicals known as PFAS in it.

New testing from The Environmental Working Group gives a new picture of where these forever chemicals are showing up.

The tests found PFAS in both large and small communities in 18 states where people tested their water.

The Environmental Working Group found in some places the chemicals turned up where they haven’t been reported previously.

Later this month, the EPA is expected to release its first round of data on PFAS that will give us an even better idea of how widespread the issue is with them.

This comes as groups are working on solutions to get rid of the forever chemicals.

Nonprofit Battelle is one of those groups.

It’s working with Revive Environmental at what is considered to be the first permitted PFAS remediation facility in North America.

“We actually have a plan, and we have the tools as a society to not only manage but to start to eliminate a problem that will probably be with us for 20 to 30 years. We can start today,” says Revive Environmental CEO David Trueba.

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