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japple

(10,459 posts)

11. This issue is hitting me hard. I live in NW Georgia, where Dupont and other manufacturers

Reply to byronius (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2024, 06:53 PM

May 2024

have been dumping PFAS chemicals into the rivers that run thru this area for years. The city water/sewer has been processing this water and dumping the sludge onto a field out in the county. A farmer's cattle graze in this sludge field. I'm sure the cattle are slaughtered for beef and sent out into the food supply.

I am fortunate that my water comes from a well. I recently had it tested and, though it does contain PFAS at 1.7 ppt, it is better than most areas of the county supplied by municipal water sources.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/federal-lawsuit-targets-north-georgia-city-over-water-pollution