NJIT STUDY FINDS OVERLOOKED 'FOREVER CHEMICALS' WIDESPREAD IN NEW JERSEY TAP WATER AND BOTTLED BEVERAGES

NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 14 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release:

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have found that a largely overlooked class of "forever chemicals" is widespread in New Jersey drinking water and commercially available bottled beverages, raising new questions about how these persistent contaminants are monitored and potentially introduced into everyday products.

In what researchers describe as the first statewide U.S. monitoring study of ultra-short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the NJIT team detected trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in more than 91% of tap-water samples collected across all 21 New Jersey counties and nearly 80% of bottled beverages tested....