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elleng

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Sat Jun 18, 2022, 03:08 AM Jun 2022

'Forever chemicals' found in more Maryland drinking water systems. [View all]

Potentially harmful levels of “forever chemicals” contaminate some of the smallest drinking water systems in Maryland, the state’s latest round of testing shows.

The Maryland Department of the Environment reported in late April that its testing of 65 community water systems, which collectively serve about 81,000 people, detected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in a little more than half the wells sampled.>>>

https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/forever-chemicals-found-in-more-maryland-drinking-water-systems/article_7b673152-e6a6-11ec-90a1-0747c8d43645.html?

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