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Chemical Makers Sue Over Rule to Rid Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’

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Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks.

In practice, this means 3M is continuing to create harm from the risks they spent decades covering up

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Unless your well is drawing from an uncontaminated aquifer that isn’t recharged by rainwater, that doesn’t really help you. This class of chemicals wound up pretty much everywhere.
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  I was referring to the utilities response not the pollution itself. You’re not wrong.

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