Dec. 10—EAU CLAIRE — U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden toured the City of Eau Claire Water Treatment Facility and learned about ways to remove PFAS from the water and the new facility planned to do it.
Exposure to some types of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, has been associated with serious health effects, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s page on PFAS.
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