Virginia Dept. of Health plans to test small, disadvantaged communities for PFAS

The Virginia Department of Health is continuing its forever hunt to find the amount of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, present in the state by testing for them in water systems serving small and disadvantaged communities. “We suspect they haven’t done PFAS monitoring yet, and so they don’t know what they’re up against,” said Robert Edelman, director of technical services at the office of drinking water at VDH, in an interview. “And certainly we don’t either.” PFAS are the thousands of different chemicals used in several household products ranging from winter jackets to cookware to firefighting foam because...

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