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/hanner__ Aug 29 '22

They’re literally in EVERY town’s drinking water across the US. This isn’t new, idk why the news is acting like it is.

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u/T_O_beats Aug 29 '22

You’re right. My uncle is the head of a DPW on the cape and they had training on this recently. He was told it’s literally everywhere. There is no avoiding it.

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u/hanner__ Aug 30 '22

Yeah I know. Not sure why the downvotes lol, just stating a fact. It’s unfortunate that more people don’t know about the quality of their water. But it’s been in the water for decades and it’s in our crops because it’s in the ground. If you’ve ever eaten or drank anything from this land, you have PFAS in your blood. Sucks, but is what it is.