A new study from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found levels of these chemicals to be much higher.
lists other bad health effects such as interfering with your hormones, increasing your cholesterol levels, screwing around with your immune system, and increasing your risk of certain cancers. Bottom line, if someone offers you PFAS in your water, say, “no thanks.”
Memphis, Tennessee was right at 1.0 parts per trillion, but all other tested locations fell above this threshold. For example, New York City had a level of 2.3 parts per trillion, which was still significantly lower than Las Vegas, Nevada’s 6.5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was on top of Sin City at 8.4. The City of Lakes, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was even higher at 14.2. The nation’s capital, Washington, DC, trumped this number at 21.7.
All of this is quite different from what the EPA had found when it last conducted nationwide testing of public water systems for PFAS between 2013 and 2015, back when there was still only onemovie around. That testing showed no detectable levels of PFAS in 36 of the 43 water systems tested. Why the difference? Well, the EWG report pointed out that the EPA had tested for much fewer PFAS compounds and did not show the full spectrum of PFAS contamination levels.
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