drinking water

Chemicals Found in Drinking Water

For decades, it was used to manufacture Teflon pans, Gore-Tex jackets, ski wax, carpets and the linings of pizza boxes and microwave popcorn bags. It’s a chemical compound known as PFOA, and while it’s being phased out in the U.S., the suspected cancer-causing substance is still very much around, turning up in the water in factory towns around the country…