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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new, enforceable limits on some PFAS that are much lower than the state’s current advisory limits. If they’re adopted, about a dozen Minnesota cities likely will need to install treatment systems or find a new water source.
Researchers found “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in the Mississippi River, as well as the Sauk River, Clearwater River and Johnson Creek in central Minnesota.