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1 in 20 Americans have the "forever chemicals" in their drinking water. The new, $10.3-billion deal will kickstart the clean-up process.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Although it's encouraging to see industry being forced to respond responsibly to PFAS clean-up efforts, $10.3 billion is a drop in the bucket.

According to a recent report in The Guardian the Pentagon estimates remediation efforts at 50 military bases to be $31 billion, but the Environmental Working Group identifies 700 more PFAS-laden sites and estimates costs at tens of billions of dollars more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I agree but a start is always a good thing.

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