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California has taken a major step toward regulating dangerous forever chemicals in drinking water by proposing new health limits for two of the most pervasive contaminants. State environmental health officials recommended goals of one part per trillion and less a minuscule amount 70 times smaller than the federal government s non-binding guideline for drinking water nationwide. Called forever chemicals because they persist in the environment, the contaminants are ubiquitous. Traces of two perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are in the well water of 146 public water systems serving nearly 16 million Californians, a CalMatters analysis found last fall. Long used to make non-stick and stain-proof coatings, firefighting foams and food packaging, the perfluorinated chemicals have been linked to kidney cancer and other serious health conditions in people drinking contaminated water. They often are found near airports, military bases and landfills

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