USGS estimates at least 45% of U.S. tap water contain forever chemicals
We know that these chemicals are terrible for human, animal, and plant health. There isn't a debate.<p>We know which companies are responsible for polluting. They've been doing it for years, knowing the damages in greater and greater detail all along the way.<p>Why aren't we forcing the polluters to pay for the cleanup as well as the likely-tremendous costs of damage to people's health and the ecosystem? And why aren't these chemicals banned? At what point does the government do anything about widespread problems like this? We don't get much of anything in the way of protection from bad domestic actors (in this case, polluters) for our tax dollars.<p>It's getting quite tiring to live in a country where the rules seem to be "anarchy for thee, and profits for me".