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‘More widespread’: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ now found in rural California drinking water

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Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when she bought her 5-acre farm in San Juan Bautista, Calif., three years ago. Escaping city life and growing her own food was a dream come true for the 52-year-old.

Then Valle began to suspect water from her well was making her sick.

‘Even if everything is organic, it doesn’t matter if the water underground is not clean,’ Valle said.”…

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