This is pretty fascinating. Where did the PFAS come from? How long has it existed in the drinking water? Yet here, just half an hour from Sedan, the region's

This is pretty fascinating. Where did the PFAS come from? How long has it existed in the drinking water? Yet here, just half an hour from Sedan, the region's second-biggest town, there is no chemical plant. Only fields of corn and rapeseed, few cattle farms, and small wooded hills. [...] Contacted by Le Monde, the ARS and the prefectures of the Ardennes and Meuse departments sought to reassure: "At this stage, statistically, there are no adverse health indicators demonstrating a health consequence for the populations of these villages." The authorities based their response on the results of a national epidemiological study titled "Esteban" which dates back to 2016. [...] The authorities currently favor one explanation for the pollution: the use of paper mill sludge as fertilizer on farmland near drinking water catchments.