Sunday’s postcard, and a primer on the ominous “forever chemicals” that contaminate drinking water from coast-to-coast

June 25, 2023

Jun 25, 2023

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Children chilling at Hoopfest

Six years ago the City of Airway Heights—on the West Plains just seven miles from Spokane—made a disturbing discovery. Lab analysis of its municipal water revealed the presence of a class of synthetic, toxic substances—“per- and polyfluoroalkyl” chemicals—commonly referred to by the acronym PFAS. The city stopped pumping gro…

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