The USGS has revealed than around 71 to 95 million Americans may rely on groundwater supplies with detectable levels of PFAS.
According to estimates from a new USGS predictive model, exposure to certain PFAS chemicals may pose health risks. An ...
A recent report by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows that much of Connecticut’s public groundwater supply areas, including areas that provide water to the state's largest cities, have a high ...
Up to 95 million people in the United States may be relying on groundwater containing detectable levels of PFAS for their ...
In terms of absolute numbers, Florida and California have the most people whose public water supply could be contaminated, at ...
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that more than 20% of the nation’s population relies on water sources that ...
USGS scientists are the first to report national estimates of PFAS occurrence in untreated groundwater that supplies water to ...
Many people in the U.S. may be drinking water with "forever chemicals" in it, according to a U.S Geological Survey ...
Researchers develop an extreme gradient boosting model to predict the occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in ...
Of the New Yorkers that source their drinking water from public groundwater supply, 74 to 94 percent are predicted to have concentrations of PFAS in their water, the USGS study found. Up to 56 percent ...
The predictive model results can help members of the public, water suppliers and regulators understand the potential for PFAS contamination, guide future studies and inform strategic planning for ...
Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states -- more than 20% of the country's population -- may rely on groundwater that contains detectable concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...