Wisconsin wastewater plants were built to keep pollutants out of the
environment, but state regulators have come to realize the facilities
may be spreading hazardous industrial chemicals in ways that increase
health risks.
Normal sewage treatment processes kill bacteria, but they can’t touch highly fluorinated chemicals known by the acronym PFAS (pronounced “pea-fass”), which have been described as one of the most seminal public health challenges of coming decades. PFAS typically enter the human body in drinking water contaminated by the heaviest users of the chemicals — military bases, fire departments and many manufacturers. One route PFAS takes to drinking water begins at the users’ sewer drains... ...moreKen Notes: This a great read on the subject. The real issues here will be cost and getting bogged down it the blame game. What we need to focus on is cost effective solutions. My greatest fear is that the legislators will try and solve this - for the record legislators have never solved anything... | ||
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