U.S. E.P.A. Says ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Be Removed From Tap Water | The rule applies to a family of chemicals known as PFAS that are linked to serious health effects. Water utilities argue the cost is too great.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/climate/epa-pfas-drinking-water.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU0.XT5a.S7BR6xgm2BvS
by silence7
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How can the cost be too great? That was the fucking point of suing the assholes who did it.
Maybe should’ve played hardball and made sure you got enough to pay to clean up their fucking mess. How the fuck do you accept any kind of settlement or agreement that isn’t “you pay whatever it takes to fucking fix it?”
EDIT: PFA’s are synthetic chemical compounds. Boiling water does remove up to 90% of microplastics. It doesn’t do anything for removing PFA’s.
“I understand you don’t want your health impacted by the water you literally need to survive, but you must realize that it is much cheaper to just keep poisoning you” fuck private water utilities.
“Paper straws assessed by researchers at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, were found to contain more “forever chemicals” – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS – than plastic
plastic.https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231103-plastic-or-paper-the-truth-about-drinking-straws
This should be stopped as well.
Good luck with that.
Of course the Republicans are backing industry executives over the public 🙄
All of these PFAS manufacturers should be fined for every penny needed to clean up the water. If they go bankrupt then too bad, imprison the executives too.
EPA: “These kill people, don’t use them”.
Company(Nestle, probably): “Yeah, we might lose a little money. So that’s a ‘No’ from us. We’ll have our congressman send you the paperwork to sign. “