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Drinking water in US prisons may contain dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’: Study

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As calls increase for better water quality monitoring and mitigation in rural and economically disadvantaged communities, emerging research adds prisons, jails and detention centers to the areas of concern. A new paper published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that 47% of America's carceral facilities are in a watershed likely contaminated with "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.

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The Guardian

Rat fur, arsenic and copper: the dangerous ingredients lacing US prison water

Incarcerated people often must drink unhealthy water, a particularly cruel – but not unusual – form of punishmentRussell Rowe spent almost two and a half years in Washington DC’s central detention facility, where rusty water flowed from taps in sinks that were connected to toilets. He remembers dawdling at the nurse’s station when it was time to take his meds, in hopes she’d give him an extra, tiny “portion” cup of water, the cup that often hold…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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