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US water contains more ‘forever chemicals’ than EPA tests show

111 points| justinpowers | 3 years ago |theguardian.com

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syntaxing|3 years ago

It’s really a shame how bad water has gotten in my lifetime. I only trust protecting my family with a RO because I no longer trust our government preventing corporations from poisoning our water or trust our government to safely filter and transport water to our household.

lijogdfljk|3 years ago

What is an RO?

willcipriano|3 years ago

Trusting someone else with your families health or safety is a mistake. They will never care as much as you do.

sgarland|3 years ago

I installed a whole-house filter that was great when the EPA's recommended limit was 70 ppt, since mine drops it to < 10 ppt. Now that it's something on the order of ppq, I may have to add RO to at least the fridge, since that's where we get drinking water.

harrydehal|3 years ago

What is your whole-house filter setup look like?

nickd2001|3 years ago

In the UK we don't even test AFAIK. Presumably one day some academics will do it here and come up with horrifying results.