PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there

PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there

Christy Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison Image Credit: Sharon Fjeldstrom via publicdomainpictures. Caption: Welland Canal, Ontario. License: CC0 Public Domain.No matter where you live in the United States, you have likely seen headlines about PFAS being detected in everything from drinking water to fish to milk to human bodies. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of over 10,000 synthetic chemicals. They have been us…