The Independent
UK · 2 hrs ago
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Officials knew carpet mill chemicals were polluting the region’s drinking water; they didn’t tell residents
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State officials and industry were aware of high levels of PFAS chemicals from a carpet mill contaminating a river that supplies drinking water to the region, but did not immediately inform residents of the pollution.
Officials knew carpet mill chemicals were polluting the region’s drinking water; they didn’t tell residents
Testing by the University of Georgia in 2008 alerted the industry and state that the local Conasauga River, which supplies the region’s drinking water, was polluted with ‘staggeringly high’ levels of PFAS
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