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“The lawsuit noted that the case originated from the manufacturing, supply, use and disposal of PFAS across numerous industries, including carpet, textile, paper and metal finishing and fabricating.
‘The same chemical properties that make PFAS so valuable to these industries are also what makes PFAS dangerous,’ Savannah city officials said in the court filings.
Savannah residents get their water from Abercorn Creek, which is distributed through a delta system from the Savannah River. The Savannah River Basin is located in eastern Georgia and western South Carolina and serves as a boundary between the two Southern states, according to environmental advocacy group Georgia Rivers.” …