“It’s probably apocryphal, but German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer supposedly said, “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident.”
Regardless of whether he said it back in the 19th century, it’s a truism that has stood the test of time. Here in the 21st, some of Delray Beach’s leadership was still wading somewhere between stages one and two last November, when I shared a warning from the environmental advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) about PFAS in city drinking water. The findings were a big deal — PFAS are colloquially known as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down under usual environmental conditions.”
