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Related, in June 2022, the EPA changed its guidelines, which is directly triggering this news cycle about all water being unsafe to drink. In other words, the
by daenz 4y ago
Related, in June 2022, the EPA changed its guidelines, which is directly triggering this news cycle about all water being unsafe to drink.
In other words, the sky is not falling, we've just adjusted the definition of where the sky starts.
https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-health-advisories-pfoa-and-pfos https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-health-advisories-pf...
- 7sidedmarble 4y agoMore like we were being overly optimistic about where the sky starts for years.
- Spooky23 4y agoRelated, there was a pretty significant discovery of long term release of these chemicals that contaminated the water supply of a county in upstate NY. Alot of money and research is exploring the topic, not surprisingly, guidance changes as knowledge gets refined.
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- peanut_worm 4y agoOr the sky has already fell and no one has noticed yet because our sky-watchers told us it was fine
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- bergenty 4y agoThe EPA’s new recommendation is still not low enough. You realize there is a some cause to panic right? We can’t fish in our streams and rivers, can’t drink rainwater, can’t raise domestic animals without them being full of heavy metals etc. We’ve ruined the basics and this isn’t hyperbole anymore.
- rasz 4y agoJust like there was no reason to panic about leaded gasoline pre 1996.