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Minnesota cities maintain plans to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from drinking water

Photo credit: Joshua A. Bickel / AP 2023 - Eric Kleiner, center, sorts samples for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati.

Read the full article by Kirsti Marohn (MPR News)

“The Trump administration announced last month it plans to uphold limits on the two most common types of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water. 

But it plans to delay the deadline for water utilities to meet those standards and roll back limits on four other potentially harmful PFAS chemicals. 

PFAS is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. It’s a class of thousands of chemicals used in a wide variety of products, such as nonstick cookware, water repellant clothing, carpet and firefighting foam.” …

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