Potomac River contains “astronomical levels” of forever chemicals, studies say
09/10/2021 / By Mary Villareal
Citizens in Washington, D.C., are exposed to toxins in their daily lives, and the government is consistently looking the other way.
In late July, the District of Columbia’s Statehood Green Party sent a letter to the Director of Washington D.C. Department of Energy & Environment, Tommy Wells, warning him of unregulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the area. The party cited a study that found astronomical levels of PFAS produced by DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bloom Soil Conditioner products.
Bloom Soil Conditioner is sold in hardware stores in the district, and it is said to contain 100 percent sewer sludge, referred to as “biosolids.”
SGS AXYS Analytical Services, a Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) analysis firm, measured levels of PFA chemicals in soil products from nine garden fertilizers in eight states and D.C. They found that total PFAS ranged from 38,000 parts per trillion (ppt) to 223,000 ppt.
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