COLLINSVILLE — Collinsville residents and business owners voiced confusion and frustration last week after a recommendation they filter the city’s tap water before drinking or cooking with it because of contamination from the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

Word about the contamination, revealed at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, was still getting around late in the week. And plenty of residents were still determining what to do at their homes and workplaces to protect themselves from the group of chemicals linked to serious health issues, including cancer, now in their water.

Even the head of the city’s water plant — who issued the written recommendation shared with the city council last week — said he has not yet figured out which filter to use at home, for his own family.

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