Tap Water at Trump National Golf Course Contaminated With Toxic 'Forever Chemicals'
EWG: ‘Trump Replaces Gotti as Teflon Don’
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For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
WASHINGTON – A highly toxic Teflon chemical has been detected in the drinking water sources serving President Trump and other members of the Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, N.J., according to a new analysis of water utility tests by the Environmental Working Group and first reported on by Politico.
The most notorious perfluorinated chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, was detected on three separate occasions between January and September of this year.
The levels of PFOA detected by an independent laboratory on behalf of the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection, or DEP, were at 3.5 and 3.6 parts per trillion, or ppt; more than three times higher than the 1 ppt that EWG scientists and other independent experts believe is safe for human health. There is no legal limit for PFAS chemicals under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, or SDWA.
PFOA and other perfluorinated chemicals called PFAS are some of the most persistent environmental contaminants in the world. PFOA does not break down and as a result is now in the blood of nearly every American, including newborns.
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https://www.ewg.org/release/tap-water-trump-national-golf-course-contaminated-toxic-forever-chemicals
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It might explain a few things.
