'Forever chemicals' are found everywhere.
Filling up a glass with clean drinking water from kitchen faucet The government must cut the volume of ‘forever chemicals’ allowed in the country’s drinking water by 90%, scientists have warned. The Royal Society of Chemistry is calling on the government to overhaul its drinking water standards to tackle the risk of ‘forever chemicals’, a group of substances that have been linked to numerous health issues including cancer, liver damage and developmental defects in unborn children.
The UK Committee on Toxicity, which advises the government, has reservations about the evidence base behind these calculations and is undertaking its own evaluation of safe levels. However, the RSC said this could be an expensive and lengthy process. ‘We believe that we need to take a precautionary approach even if there is any scientific uncertainty still,’ said Stephanie Metzger, policy adviser at the RSC.
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