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That is a very sad story.

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> Now, water suppliers across our region are now racing to fix the contamination.

I'm confused between 'racing to fix' and 'permanently contaminated'? Is it that it will get better but never be fixed completely?

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The PFAS are underground and will likely be down there indefinitely. I assume that their "racing to fix" bit has more to do with filtration and reducing the PFAS levels to something deemed acceptable.

Given the changes at the EPA recently it would not surprise me if they simply change what is deemed acceptable and claim that the problem has been solved.

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