PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water May Be Underestimated, New Study Suggests
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When PFAS concentrations in drinking water fall below laboratory reporting limits, they are sometimes treated as “zero” in statistical analyses. But a new study published in Cell Reports Sustainability, which reanalyzed federal monitoring data, found that estimated PFAS concentrations in U.S. drinking water could be more than twice as high as calculations that treat results […]
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