date:Aug 12, 2016
800 ng/L for PFOS (Newark, DE).
The highest levels of PFASs were detected in watersheds near industrial sites, military bases, and wastewater treatment plants -- all places where these chemicals may be used or found.
These compounds are potent immunotoxicants in children and recent work suggests drinking water safety levels should be much lower than the provisional guidelines established by EPA, said Elsie Sunderland, senior author of the study and associate professor in both the Harvard Chan