A new study found PFAS pollution throughout the Delaware River, and some fish in the waterway also tested positive for the toxic chemicals.
The findings also suggest contamination is building up faster than the river can dilute it, WHYY reported.
What’s happening?
In a report published in May, the Delaware River Basin Commission said PFAS levels are rising more quickly than the amount of water moving downstream toward the Delaware Bay. Researchers said that the pattern points to ongoing releases of the “forever chemicals” from possible sources such as industrial and wastewater facilities.
The report is one part of a three-part effort based on more than 20 years of PFAS research in the basin, which supplies drinking water to more than 14 million people in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York…