The Guardian, working with Consumer Reports (CR) on a nine-month investigation of America’s water supply, published the 31 March report: “Alarming levels of forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US.”
The report opens with:
“Since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, access to safe water for all Americans has been a US government goal. Yet millions of people continue to face serious water quality problems because of contamination, deteriorating infrastructure, and inadequate treatment at water plants.”
Among the key findings:
- “More than 35% of the samples had PFAS, potentially toxic ‘forever chemicals,’ at levels above CR’s recommended maximum.
- About 8% of samples had arsenic, at levels above CR’s recommended maximum.
- In total, 118 out of 120 samples had detectable levels of lead.
- About 8% of samples had levels of arsenic – which gets into drinking water through natural deposits or industrial or agricultural pollution – above CR’s recommended maximum for drinking water.
- Almost every sample had measurable amounts of lead, a heavy metal that leaches from corroding water lines and home plumbing fixtures. It is unsafe at any level.”
Forever Chemicals
If the term “forever chemicals,” also known as PFAS, sounds familiar to readers of the Trends Journal, that’s because we have been reporting on its toxic effects for over a year now.
See our articles:
28 January: PFAS CONTAMINATION MORE WIDESPREAD
11 February: FOREVER CHEMICALS: POISON ON TAP
30 March: SPERM DOWN FOR THE COUNT, PENISES FALLING SHORT
Now, the huge environmental concern is brought to light by The Guardian/CR collaboration:
“Investigation into the health effects of PFAS exposure is ongoing, but some of the strongest evidence about their potential risks comes from research of about 69,000 people in and around Parkersburg, W Va. The research – part of a settlement between DuPont, which makes some PFAS, and residents of the community – was depicted in the 2019 movie Dark Waters.”
The investigation found a “probable link” between exposure to a type of PFAS and six health problems: high cholesterol, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and testicular and kidney cancers. Research has also linked some PFAS to learning delays in children”
“At least 2,337 communities in 49 states have drinking water known to be contaminated with PFAS, according to a January analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an advocacy organization.”
The investigation notes that while citizens have the opportunity to lobby local governments for remediation, the bureaucratic red tape makes it nearly impossible. And as CR’s director of food policy, Brian Ronholm, writes in the report: “Americans shouldn’t have to navigate bureaucracy and be forced to make significant investments in order to access clean tap water.”
While the U.S. House of Representatives did authorize over $22 billion for replacing water lines containing lead particles, the Senate refused to endorse it.
TRENDPOST: This Guardian article was ignored by the fear-mongering Presstitutes, their corporate pimps, and government whoremasters who – if they reported the toxic dangers infecting the water supply at one-tenth of their COVID War hysteria – would spark a mass movement to reverse this deadly trend.
It should be noted that The Guardian report does not include the entire nation… or nations across the planet whose water supplies have long been contaminated with toxic chemicals that are killing people, wildlife, plants, etc.