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It could take over 40 years for PFAS to leave groundwater

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, known commonly as PFAS , could take over 40 years to flush out of contaminated groundwater in North Carolina's Cumberland and Bladen counties.

Study used a novel combination of data on PFAS and groundwater age-dating tracers to forecast PFAS concentrations in groundwater discharging to tributaries of the Cape Fear River .

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