[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Is Northern Virginia a D.C.-Area Hot Spot for ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Tap Water?"

[Lenny Siegel]

Is Northern Virginia a D.C.-Area Hot Spot for ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Tap Water?

By Sydney Evans and Olga Naidenko, Ph.D
Environmental Working Group
MARCH 10, 2021

Tap water samples from throughout Northern Virginia were contaminated with the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS at levels significantly higher than those previously reported for other parts of the Washington, D.C., metro area, according to tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group.

Detected levels of total PFAS in 19 samples of tap water ranged from about 6 parts per trillion, or ppt, in a state park in Fairfax County, to about 62 ppt in a public park in Prince William County. The higher level is about three times more than earlier detections in the District and Prince George’s County, Md.

Like the previous samples, the latest samples were collected by EWG staff and volunteers and analyzed by an accredited private laboratory using Environmental Protection Agency–approved methods.

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For the entire report, see
https://www.ewg.org/research/nova-pfas-testing/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel at cpeo.org
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