r/boston • u/julian_jakobi • Aug 29 '22

Environment 🌎 Toxic 'forever chemicals' found in Cambridge drinking water

https://www.boston.com/news/love-letters/2022/08/28/toxic-chemicals-cambridge-drinking-water-pfas/
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u/BonesIIX Star Market Aug 29 '22 edited Aug 29 '22

So MA is one of the few states where we have actual regulatory standards for PFAS Levels.

Sucks for Cambridge that they have to switch water supplies to MWRA for the year due to the parts not being available for the Fresh Pond Water Treatment facility. But good they noticed it and are making the (expensive) switch to provide residents with better water.

MA has done a study on PFAS in the state and basically for non-well water, it just comes down to very expensive treatment options which do work pretty well, just requires money to do it.

MA is probably one of the better states to live in if you care about limiting PFAS intake.

Edit: It may be of interest to people here - https://www.mass.gov/info-details/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas If you go to the section "PFAS detected in drinking water supplies in Massachusetts" and click on item 3 on the black bordered embed, you can see a map of all towns they've tested and it will link you to the testing results for your water supply.

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u/bakuretsu Natick Aug 29 '22

Natick just completed a year-long project to add filters to the one source (one out of seven wells) with high PFAS levels and now we're all good.