Five Years and Billions of Dollars to Make Drinking Water Safe Again June 24th is the official start date for the new EPA rule to reduce PFAs (forever chemicals) in our drinking water. But that doesn’t mean your water will be safe then! Upgrading the necessary municipal water system filters will take five years and cost $1.5 billion per year. On top of that, the EPA has already
Suing the EPA for Protecting Our Health On June 10, 2024, the New York Times reported that US manufacturing and chemical groups filed a lawsuit against the EPA over a new law to remove some PFAs from our drinking water! Forever Chemicals Linked to Death In April 2024, the EPA ruled that PFAs, also known as forever chemicals, are a danger to human health due to their link to cancer
Radioactive Contaminants Threaten Our Health When you think of radioactive contaminants, you might imagine Homer Simpson sleeping at his power plant workstation while a critical leak occurs. Unfortunately, that image might not be too far off from reality! First, radioactive contaminants are substances that contain unstable isotopes that emit radiation. Some radioactive contaminants, such as radon gas, occur naturally in the environment and are not a huge threat to
