TCU Research Finds Drinking Water May Contain More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Than Standard Reports Suggest
A new study led by Texas Christian University researcher Gehendra Kharel suggests that common methods for reporting harmful substances in U.S. drinking water
may significantly underestimate the amounts of the chemicals present. Common ways
of reporting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the man-made “forever chemicals”
that persist in the environment and have been linked to health problems, could understate
their estimated concentration by roughly half, finds the study, published Oct. 23 in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports Sustainability.