Health experts call for a ban on toxic 'forever chemicals' after EPA moves to cut them from tap water

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Michigan PFAS family
Sara Dean and her 2-year-old son, Patrick, at their home in Parchment, Michigan, a few months after it was discovered that Parchment's drinking water was contaminated with high levels of PFAS.

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I'm an EPA worker who's responded to more than 100 toxic spills and chemical fires, and I'll never forget one that got my adrenaline going

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EPA on-scene coordinator Brian Kelly wears a yellow protective suit.
Brian Kelly, an EPA on-scene coordinator.

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Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.

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A yellow train car on fire releasing smoke on the left, a large white building with a huge hole in the roof on the right
East Palestine incident (left) and Chernobyl power plant (right)

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