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“Towns and cities across Virginia are now required to test for levels of PFAS in public water. But much less is known about whether forever chemicals may be in well water.
1 in 5 Virginians rely on wells, springs, and cisterns for their household water, according to the state Department of Health.
A recent study found there is virtually nowhere in Virginia where you won’t find some traces of PFAS in the water, even in rural wells. ‘What we found is that PFAS is pretty much everywhere,’ said Nick McLelland, a masters engineering student at Virginia Tech who worked on the study. ‘We found it 100% of our samples.'” …