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PFAS News Roundup: PFAS can move from water to air, DoD efforts to clean up PFAS skewered

ByGreat Lakes Now

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS can move from water to air, DoD efforts to clean up PFAS skeweredPFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country. 

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area. 

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