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PFAS Contamination in the U.S

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Re: PFAS Contamination in the U.S

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As a foreigner, why is it that select states are absolutely riddled with water contamination while most are not (and some are pristine)? I imagine it comes down to local legislation, but surely nobody wants their drinking water polluted, so how did the legislation happen in the first place?

PS: especially as Colorado and Ohio are among the worst, through my lens they seem the states that are most about protecting the land.

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As a foreigner, why is it that select states are absolutely riddled with water contamination while most are not (and some are pristine)? I imagine it comes down to local legislation, but surely nobody wants their drinking water polluted, so how did the legislation happen in the first place? PS: especially as Colorado and Ohio are among the worst, through my lens they seem the states that are most about protecting the…

Don't know why but I've always associated Ohio with poor environmental regulation. For the last decade anyway.

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As a foreigner, why is it that select states are absolutely riddled with water contamination while most are not (and some are pristine)? I imagine it comes down to local legislation, but surely nobody wants their drinking water polluted, so how did the legislation happen in the first place? PS: especially as Colorado and Ohio are among the worst, through my lens they seem the states that are most about protecting the…

It has to be biases in reporting. How else could North Carolina be riddled with it but there be none in Virginia and South Carolina?

Also so far as military bases go it seems to be all of them.

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As a foreigner, why is it that select states are absolutely riddled with water contamination while most are not (and some are pristine)? I imagine it comes down to local legislation, but surely nobody wants their drinking water polluted, so how did the legislation happen in the first place? PS: especially as Colorado and Ohio are among the worst, through my lens they seem the states that are most about protecting the…

Ohio certainly doesn't have a pristine environmental record. https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cuyahoga_River_Fire

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As a foreigner, why is it that select states are absolutely riddled with water contamination while most are not (and some are pristine)? I imagine it comes down to local legislation, but surely nobody wants their drinking water polluted, so how did the legislation happen in the first place? PS: especially as Colorado and Ohio are among the worst, through my lens they seem the states that are most about protecting the…

What’s up with Michigan, New Jersey and New Hampshire? They seem totally fouled up.

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Honestly I expected this to be a more dense map, considering all the fearmongering I hear these days. It's always good to see accurate sources of data to check my reality.

What is fearmongering, that teflon is proven to leach into food and disrupt body signaling in yet poorly understood ways? :D

You picked the wrong example considering that teflon hasn't been made with toxic chemicals for decades.

Re: PFAS Contamination in the U.S

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As a foreigner, why is it that select states are absolutely riddled with water contamination while most are not (and some are pristine)? I imagine it comes down to local legislation, but surely nobody wants their drinking water polluted, so how did the legislation happen in the first place? PS: especially as Colorado and Ohio are among the worst, through my lens they seem the states that are most about protecting the…

Likely it is legislation, but probably it's required testing for certain permits or environmental reasons and then that testing gets reported.

I live in upstate NY and I've never heard of anyone testing for PFAS. In our schools they do bi-yearly drinking water tests for lead and a handful of other things, but not PFAS.

It also just might be where chemical plants or recycling centers are located. My brother used to work at a chemical recycling plant in New Jersey, there's a LOT of those kinds of plants in New Jersey. Surely the goal is 0 spills or accidental dumping but there's no way that's 100% fool proof so surely where this stuff has been created/treated/recycled there's going to be higher concentrations.

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