U.S. Water Supply Contaminated by 42,000 Toxic “Forever Chemicals”

A new study about poisonous components identified as PFAS are found in over 42,000 locales across the United States. Analysts from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an anti-pollution advocacy institution, combed through public information in the EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History repository for possible origins of PFAS or polyfluoroalkyl substances residues in different towns' water resources.