Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water of 33 states

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 08:41 in Health & Medicine

Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems — polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) — exceed federally recommended safety levels in public drinking-water supplies for 6 million people in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of […]

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