“PFAS”, the “Toxic substance” affecting Public drinking Water in USA
The final rule is expected to protect about 100 million people from exposure to the class of 15,000 compounds known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), affecting between 6% and 10% of the 66,000 public drinking water systems in the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made two significant announcements on Wednesday: first, it …