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How Eliminating PFAS Chemicals from Water Also Takes an Environmental Toll

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Scientists, health experts, and policymakers are working to reduce exposure to PFAS – chemicals that can cause health problems like birth defects and some cancers. But the technology most effective at removing PFAS from drinking water also contributes to the carbon footprint. WHYY's Zoe Read has more.

(Original air-date: 3/26/22)

Zoë Read is WHYY’s watershed reporter. She joined WHYY in 2015 as a multimedia reporter covering Delaware news for the web and FM.