The Problem
Sources
- Environmental Working Group, Tap Water Database (2021–2023 data). Reported in "New data show widespread chemical contamination of drinking water," The New Lede, February 2025. https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/02/new-data-widespread-chemical-contamination-drinking-water/
- Environmental Working Group, "Drinking water: New frameworks needed to account for multiple contaminants and protect public health." https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/drinking-water-new-frameworks-needed.php
- American Water Works Association, Buried No Longer: Confronting America's Water Infrastructure Challenge (2012). https://trenchlesstechnology.com/awwa-report-finds-1-trillion-needed-for-drinking-water-infrastructure/
- Andrews, D. & Naidenko, O., "Population-Wide Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Drinking Water in the United States," Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2020). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00713
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "PFAS Explained" (2023). https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-10/final-virtual-pfas-explainer-508.pdf