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LISTEN: How dangerous are PFAS chemicals and what’s being done to clean them up?

Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and the destroyer USS Gridley practice firefighting skills and techniques by battling a simulated fire at the Bremerton International Emergency Services Training Center in Bremerton, Wash., May 15, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wyatt L. Anthony)

See the original article by Zachariah Hughes (Alaska Public Media)

HOST: Zachariah Hughes

GUESTS:

https://media.aprn.org/2019/toa-20191015.mp3

“A large group of chemicals known collectively as PFAS have been in use since the 1940s. Found in everything from firefighting foam to household cleaning products and even food containers, PFAS are persistent and bio accumulate over time. Drinking water sources in several Alaska communities are contaminated with PFAS. How dangerous are they to human health and what’s being done to clean them up? We’ll ask on the next Talk of Alaska.”

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