Researchers are studying the varying levels of forever chemicals present in different species. In one study of smallmouth bass, four PFAS chemicals were detected in every specimen analyzed. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Certain firefighting foams used across the Chesapeake Bay watershed contain PFAS. (Photo by A1C Nathaniel G. Bevier/USAF)
Biosolids treatment results in fertilizer at the Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant in Richmond, Virginia. PFAS is known to cling on to biosolids and remain in fertilizer. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Great overview. As an avid outdoorsman, there are many concerns about how this serious issue is effecting reproduction and general health of our natural resources and people. There are obvious sources of PFAs that can be immediately addressed; can't help but see those sources being overlooked in most reports in the Bay area. The major contributors are Waste water treatment facilities and overflows or raw discharges; Dinali and Synegro being allowed to spread Waste onto farmland on Maryland eastern shore; and leaching landfills. There are technologies and tools available to address these specific sources to at least begin to break a link in the chain. I hope everyone takes this matter seriously because the impacts to the entire health of our ecosystem is real.
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Great overview. As an avid outdoorsman, there are many concerns about how this serious issue is effecting reproduction and general health of our natural resources and people. There are obvious sources of PFAs that can be immediately addressed; can't help but see those sources being overlooked in most reports in the Bay area. The major contributors are Waste water treatment facilities and overflows or raw discharges; Dinali and Synegro being allowed to spread Waste onto farmland on Maryland eastern shore; and leaching landfills. There are technologies and tools available to address these specific sources to at least begin to break a link in the chain. I hope everyone takes this matter seriously because the impacts to the entire health of our ecosystem is real.
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