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Your drinking water may contain less dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ under new federal rules

The EPA has finalized the first limits on PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water.Getty Images The Biden administration has set the first limits on PFAS levels in drinking water. These “forever chemicals” are linked to some cancers, lower fertility and other health problems. Water officials have five years to comply with the new limits.… Read More »

Researchers discover thousands of nanoplastic fragments in drinking water bottles

New research has found that the amount of nanoplastic in disposable water bottles is much higher than previously believed. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press) It seems scientists are finding plastic wherever they look: from ice in Antarctica to newborn babies’ first bowel movements. Now researchers are finding that the amount of microscopic plastic floating in… Read More »