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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Chemicals that tin origin infertility and summation crab risks are not successful Hanford's drinking water, the metropolis announced connected Friday.
The Utilities and Engineering Department tested 11 metropolis drinking h2o wells and recovered nary Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
According to the State Water Resources Control Board, PFAS are a ample radical of perchance harmful substances that person historically been utilized successful manufacture and user products, specified arsenic non-stick cookware and stain-resistant fabrics and carpets. The substances tin contaminate drinking h2o erstwhile they are utilized oregon spilled onto the crushed oregon into lakes and rivers.
“Clean and reliable drinking h2o is paramount to wide nationalist wellness and the prime of beingness for Hanford residents,” said Utilities and Engineering Director Frank Senteno. “With these results, our customers tin beryllium assured that their h2o is escaped from PFAS.”
City officials accidental they occasionally person questions astir the drinking water's colour and smell. Sand and debris whitethorn look owed to deposits successful the system, but the deposits are not a wellness concern, officials say.
One much Hanford good is inactive to beryllium tested; officials accidental it is presently undergoing attraction and is offline.
