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What Are Forever Chemicals Doing in My Tap Water?

Commonly called "forever chemicals," PFAS are synthetic chemicals found nearly everywhere — in air, water, and soil — and can take thousands of years to break down in the environment.

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has established national limits for six types of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.

The substances, known by the initialism PFAS, are nicknamed "forever chemicals" because they barely degrade and are nearly impossible to destroy, so they can linger permanently in air, water and soil.

As a class of chemicals, PFAS have been associated with a higher risk of certain cancers, heart disease, high cholesterol, thyroid disease, low birth weight and reproductive issues, including decreased fertility.

Most people in the U.S. have PFAS in their blood, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The proprietary carbon in the Nova Filters will greatly reduce PFAS,
however a Nova Reverse osmosis will eliminate them!

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Here's a map of areas most effected in yellow/orange, we are in that zone

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Nova Filtration

Here's a map of areas most effected in yellow/orange, we are in that zone

This data measured concentrations in surface water while our drinking water comes from aquifers well below ground. Is there any data to show that our drinking water is affected by the PFAS in surface water?

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see if this explains it a bit more, surface water & aquifers ;

The chemicals were detected in 63% of the spring vent samples, or the actual opening in the ground where water from an aquifer first emerges to the surface, and 68% of the spring run samples, or the flowing body of water that originates from the vent, with 13 quantifiable PFAS present across all samples. Green Spring, Blue Spring, and Gemini Spring held the highest PFAS concentrations.
“If our drinking water comes from these sources, it will often contain PFAS. What should be alarming for all Floridians is that in the springs, which are often destined for use as drinking water, PFAS are present.”
The springs depend on the same resources that provide water for public water supplies, private water wells, and agricultural production.

PFAS measured in over 400 drinking water taps across the state of Florida. Ultimately, the data collection was made possible by those outside of the lab — not just in it.

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