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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Tom Perkins

At least 60% of US population may face ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water, tests suggest

child drinks from water fountain
The Environmental Protection Agency is undertaking the first comprehensive nationwide assessment of the prevalence of PFAS in US drinking water. Photograph: simplytheyu/Getty Images/iStockphoto

About 70 million people are exposed to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in US drinking water, new testing from the Environmental Protection Agency has found.

But the testing completed to date has only checked about one-third of the nation’s public water systems, meaning the agency is on pace to find over 200 million people are exposed, or at least 60% of the US population.

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