Tracing the path of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ inside the body

By Gabrielle Emmanuel | WBUR | February 17, 2023

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“Stacks of boxes line the front hall of Wendy Thomas’ house in Merrimack, New Hampshire, not far from the Massachusetts border. Inside each box are jugs of water that she relies on daily.

Thomas, age 64, uses the bottled water for cooking and drinking because her well water is contaminated with high levels of PFAS…

…After attending a community meeting about PFAS contamination, Thomas learned that unsafe levels of the chemicals had been found in local drinking water. New Hampshire environmental officials largely attributed the pollution to emissions from a factory owned by the company Saint-Gobain. Thomas got her well tested. Then, she got her blood tested…"

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• ChemicalsPFAS
• Environment
• Wildlife
• ImpactDrinking water
• Affected community
• Health
• Measurement Techniques
• Monitoring Data
• PFAS Uses