Everyone deserves clean water. It’s integral to health and society as we know it. But water is not simply clean or not clean — it’s a sliding scale that depends on many factors.

PFAS exposure has made headlines, with our country passing limits for PFAS in drinking water in 2024, pushing cities to spend thousands of dollars to remove it from their public drinking water. But PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) is just one issue impacting clean water. There are communities where PFAS in drinking water are a significant and unjust human health issue, but that is not the case for most Americans.

Focusing water quality efforts on PFAS in communities where it’s not the biggest water health risk is like cutting cake from your diet when you really have an ice cream problem.

Clea

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