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State scores $33 million to fight ‘forever chemicals’

Funds will help combat PFAS in Washington drinking water

Lake Whatcom with many residential homes next to the waters.
More than 100,000 Whatcom County residents rely on Lake Whatcom for drinking water, according to the City of Bellingham, and over the next few years, funding may be available to further test and study the water for "forever chemicals," which were not detected at levels of concern in city water last year. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
By Julia Lerner Staff Reporter
Washington state will receive more than $33 million to combat “forever chemicals” in drinking wa
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