INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. — The southeast suburbs of the Twin Cities have been ground zero for PFAS contamination for years, and Lindsey Albright has done her best to try and stay vigilant about the notorious forever chemicals.

"I want a better understanding of what's happening in my community," Albright said. "I want to make sure I'm keeping myself and my family safe, but it's hard. It's in our water and so many things, but it's invisible."

That's why Albright jumped at a chance to help better understand how prevalent PFAS is in the air we breathe.

"It was so incredibly easy, just pulling pine needles from the ends of these branches," Albright said, showing KARE 11 how she helped contribute to a new study led by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. "It's (studying) PFAS in the pine

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