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#1 Forever Chemicals Quietly Contaminate Drinking Water Wells

Feb 5 2026 // Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used family of harmful chemicals called...

#2 Chlorofluorocarbon Replacements Cause Vast ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution: Research

Feb 5 2026 // When the phaseout of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) was first agreed in 1987, the world narrowly avoided an environmental catastrophe. However, the replacement of CFCs is causing the pollution of the...