{"id":6117,"date":"2023-07-14T11:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2024-04-28T18:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T22:48:46","slug":"almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nearly half of U.S. tap water samples contain toxic &#8220;forever chemicals,&#8221;<\/strong> substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning supplies to pizza boxes to which broad exposure can carry serious health risks, according to a new study.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMillions of people have been drinking a toxic forever chemical linked to cancer all their lives and are only discovering it today,\u201d Scott Faber, the senior vice president for government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, said Thursday about the research.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/nearly-half-us-drinking-water-may-contain-toxic-forever-chemicals-2023-07-06\/#:~:text=July%206%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Nearly,according%20to%20a%20new%20study.\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/nearly-half-us-drinking-water-may-contain-toxic-forever-chemicals-2023-07-06\/#:~:text=July%206%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Nearly,according%20to%20a%20new%20study.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington Post: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2023\/07\/06\/tap-water-forever-chemicals-pfas\/<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of U.S. tap water samples contain toxic &#8220;forever chemicals,&#8221; substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals - Barrier Plastics, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals - Barrier Plastics, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nearly half of U.S. tap water samples contain toxic &#8220;forever chemicals,&#8221; substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Barrier Plastics, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barrier-plastics-161325197229530\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-14T15:59:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-28T22:48:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carl\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carl\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed276ed51bca4338037446fd691031ab\"},\"headline\":\"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-14T15:59:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-28T22:48:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":121,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/\",\"name\":\"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals - Barrier Plastics, Inc.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-14T15:59:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-28T22:48:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/news\\\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/\",\"name\":\"Barrier Plastics, Inc.\",\"description\":\"Containing the Uncontainable\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Barrier Plastics, Inc.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/bpi_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/bpi_logo.jpg\",\"width\":926,\"height\":537,\"caption\":\"Barrier Plastics, Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/barrier-plastics-161325197229530\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/barrier-plastics-and-bp-polymers\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed276ed51bca4338037446fd691031ab\",\"name\":\"Carl\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e50d879e2adc0b1e27ba572a6320f246306510de6199f56a249c488f3ccb3283?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e50d879e2adc0b1e27ba572a6320f246306510de6199f56a249c488f3ccb3283?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e50d879e2adc0b1e27ba572a6320f246306510de6199f56a249c488f3ccb3283?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Carl\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bppolymers.com\\\/baritainer\\\/author\\\/cpowell\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals - Barrier Plastics, Inc.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals - Barrier Plastics, Inc.","og_description":"Nearly half of U.S. tap water samples contain toxic &#8220;forever chemicals,&#8221; substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning...","og_url":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/","og_site_name":"Barrier Plastics, Inc.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barrier-plastics-161325197229530","article_published_time":"2023-07-14T15:59:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-28T22:48:46+00:00","author":"Carl","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carl","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/"},"author":{"name":"Carl","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#\/schema\/person\/ed276ed51bca4338037446fd691031ab"},"headline":"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals","datePublished":"2023-07-14T15:59:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-28T22:48:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/"},"wordCount":121,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/","url":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/","name":"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals - Barrier Plastics, Inc.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-14T15:59:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-28T22:48:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/news\/almost-half-of-u-s-tap-water-contains-forever-chemicals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Almost Half Of U. S. Tap Water Contains Forever Chemicals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/","name":"Barrier Plastics, Inc.","description":"Containing the Uncontainable","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#organization","name":"Barrier Plastics, Inc.","url":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bpi_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bpi_logo.jpg","width":926,"height":537,"caption":"Barrier Plastics, Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barrier-plastics-161325197229530","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/barrier-plastics-and-bp-polymers"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/#\/schema\/person\/ed276ed51bca4338037446fd691031ab","name":"Carl","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e50d879e2adc0b1e27ba572a6320f246306510de6199f56a249c488f3ccb3283?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e50d879e2adc0b1e27ba572a6320f246306510de6199f56a249c488f3ccb3283?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e50d879e2adc0b1e27ba572a6320f246306510de6199f56a249c488f3ccb3283?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Carl"},"url":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/author\/cpowell\/"}]}},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6121,"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117\/revisions\/6121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bppolymers.com\/baritainer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}