Ira Flatow
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But back in 2018, New Jersey was the first state to adopt its own drinking water standards for PFAS.
And now 10 years later, researchers at Rutgers University have crunched the data to see how well it worked.
Joining me now to tell us more is the lead author of the study, Dr. Hari Iyer, assistant professor of cancer epidemiology and health outcomes at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Welcome to Science Friday.
Thanks so much, Ira.
It's so great to be here.
Nice to have you.
Okay, let's jump right in.
What did you find in this study?
Wow.
Is that a surprising study?
I mean, that's a pretty big drop.
So would you describe the PFAS in the water now at a safe level in New Jersey?
Yeah, so we don't know what those long-term health risks are.
Do we know what portion of our daily ingestion of PFAS comes from drinking water?
Yeah, I want to dig into that more.
So what happens when you drink the PFAS in it?
How does your body, as you say, magnify what's going on?
How did New Jersey limit the PFAS?
Did they have special treatment plants or filters?
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