{"id":45909,"date":"2024-05-27T21:15:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T01:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=45909"},"modified":"2024-05-27T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T01:15:41","slug":"drinking-water-map-shows-states-with-high-contamination-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/05\/27\/drinking-water-map-shows-states-with-high-contamination-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking Water Map Shows States With High Contamination Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A drinking water&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/interactive-maps\/pfas_contamination\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>&nbsp;created by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) from a collection of national data reveals the concerning number of drinking water systems with levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/virginia-water-bill-nearly-double-pfas-chemicals-1895676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exceeding proposed limits across the U.S<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"310\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-53-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-53-37.png 539w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-53-37-300x173.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PFAS encompass thousands of man-made chemicals found in everyday items such as nonstick cookware, firefighting foams, grease-resistant food wrappers and water-resistant clothing. PFAS, known as &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221; because of the long time it takes them to break down, can cause&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/microplastics-human-lungs-blood-studies-harmful-1695839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harm in high exposure amounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the breakdown process, PFAS can seep into the soil and water supply. These chemicals threaten the water supply when products containing them are dumped onto the ground or into lakes and rivers. In April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced legally enforceable limits for some PFAS compounds, prompting municipalities around the nation to take a closer look at their water treatment systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EWG data, which was current through May 21, shows that many regions of the U.S. still have work to do before their water treatment systems are within legal limits. According to the EWG map, the most widespread PFAS contamination is in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, central Colorado, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Florida, although drinking water with PFAS above the new limit by the EPA is present in nearly every U.S. state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For all water systems with a detection of PFOS, PFOA or another PFAS, a maximum concentration for each PFAS and a maximum total PFAS concentration is displayed. The maximum levels listed are from a single point in time and do not reflect whether a water system has changed sources or is treating the water to reduce PFAS levels,&#8221; EWG said on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drinking water&nbsp;map&nbsp;created by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) from a collection of national data reveals the concerning number of drinking water systems with levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[8627],"class_list":["post-45909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-drinking-water-map-shows-states-with-high-contamination-levels"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}