Interactive Map: PFAS Contamination Crisis: New Data Show 7,457 …
The number of U.S. communities confirmed to be contaminated with the highly toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS continues to grow at an alarming rate. The latest update of this interactive map shows PFAS pollution in public and private water systems.
Update: Mapping the Expanding PFAS Crisis - Environmental …
Apr 18, 2018 · The latest update of an interactive map by EWG and the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University documents publicly known PFAS pollution from 94 sites in 22 states, including industrial plants and dumps, military air bases, civilian airports and fire training sites.
Mapping the PFAS Contamination Crisis: New Data Show 610 Sites …
May 6, 2019 · The latest update of an interactive map by EWG and the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, at Northeastern University, documents publicly known PFAS pollution in public water systems and military bases, airports, industrial plants and dumps, and firefighter training sites.
EWG updates PFAS map: Toxic 'forever chemicals' contaminate …
Aug 21, 2023 · Mapping the PFAS contamination crisis: New data show 7,457 sites in 50 states, the District of Columbia and two territories. The extend of American communities' confirmed contamination with highly toxic fluorinated compounds known as …
EPA: PFAS drinking water crisis worse than previously reported
Aug 17, 2023 · EWG’s interactive map now shows public and private water systems known to be contaminated with toxic PFAS at more than 2,800 locations in 50 states, the District of Columbia and two territories. The true scale of PFAS contamination is expected to be much greater.
Prioritizing PFAS: The next government-wide plan to tackle …
Aug 15, 2024 · The contamination crisis from the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS is far from over, despite the Biden-Harris administration’s strides implementing its government-wide plan to combat PFAS pollution. EWG has identified steps the next administration should take to build on successes so far.
PFAS Chemicals - Environmental Working Group
Mar 14, 2023 · Today the family of fluorinated chemicals that sprang from Teflon includes thousands of nonstick, stain-repellent and waterproof compounds called PFAS, short for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances. PFAS are used in a staggering array of consumer products and commercial applications.
Mapping the PFAS Contamination Crisis - Environmental Working …
Apr 23, 2020 · Research by the Environmental Working Group and the PFAS Project at Northeastern University's Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, or SSEHRI, has helped to map the crisis of contamination with the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, now recorded at more than 1,400 locations in 49 states.
Interactive Map: PFAS Contamination Crisis: New Data Show 6,189 …
President Joe Biden has promised to tackle PFAS contamination by regulating the chemicals in drinking water, designating PFAS as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law, stopping government purchasing of some products containing PFAS, and funding additional research into the chemicals.
What are PFAS chemicals? - Environmental Working Group
Today nearly all Americans, including newborn babies, have PFAS in their blood, and more than 200 million people may be drinking PFAS-tainted water. What began as a “miracle of modern chemistry” is now a national crisis.