Op-Ed: NJ Must Tackle its Growing ‘Forever-Chemical’ Problem

by Eileen Murphy vice president of government relations at NJ Audubon Society

njspotlightnews.org

Addressing forever chemicals — aka perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) —in the Delaware River is critical to maintaining a healthy drinking-water supply for the more than 17 million people that rely on the Delaware River watershed, including two of the five largest cities in the United States — New York City and Philadelphia.