“While environmental officials have yet to test a wide range of aquatic life for manmade “forever chemicals,” a Washington, D.C.-area environmental group’s lab studies detected amounts of PFAS chemicals in fish, crabs and oysters.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, a group of chemicals that may be harmful to human health and are found in household items such as non-stick pans, cleaning products, paints and polishes, as well as certain firefighting foams, were detected in samples taken by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) in October, shortly after the Maryland Department of the Environment released its own test results.”
