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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources

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Exposure to PFAS, a group of thousands of compounds, has been linked to health problems including cancer, decreased response to vaccines, and low birth weight, according to a federally funded report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The chemicals accumulate in the human body.

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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Valle worries that eating food from her farm and drinking the water, found also to contain arsenic, are to blame for health issues shes experienced recently. Escaping city life and growing her own food was a dream come true for the 52-year-old.