The Department of Defense is investigating six sites in Minnesota for contamination from PFAS chemicals — and the toxic contaminants have been found in drinking water wells near military installations in Duluth and Little Falls. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of thousands of industrial chemicals that don't break down in the environment and can build up in .
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