`It`s really frightening`: Residents at public hearing urge DNR officials to move forward with groundwater standards

MADISON - Nearly a dozen Wisconsin residents urged state Department of Natural Resources officials to approve groundwater standards for pollutants — including toxic "forever chemicals" — saying they were needed to protect the future health of humans and the planet. 

Their testimony came in a virtual public hearing Thursday afternoon on a rule that has been years in the making.

The rule would set standards for a series of harmful substances in Wisconsin`s groundwater, including a number of pesticides, metals and two of the most well-known PFAS — PFOA and PFOS....