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"These chemicals, known as PFAs, are used widely in everyday items such as non-stick pans, firefighting foams, pesticides, medical devices and wind turbines. They can take centuries to degrade, accumulating in living organisms and posing risks to both people and planet. Recent government monitoring detected PFAs' presence in approximately 80 per cent of surface water, half of groundwater, and all fish samples."
Reporters are being deployed to cover reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech, investigate political financing, and produce documentaries, supported by donations that keep reporting free of paywalls. The government unveiled its first-ever strategy to tackle PFAs, proposing legal limits in drinking water. PFAs are used in non-stick pans, firefighting foams, pesticides, medical devices and wind turbines, resist degradation for centuries, accumulate in organisms, and pose risks to human health and ecosystems. Monitoring found PFAs in approximately 80% of surface water, half of groundwater, and all fish samples. The plan outlines steps for agencies, businesses and regulators; campaigners criticised the absence of a manufacturing ban and a consultation on statutory water limits is planned.
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