‘Forever chemicals’ are a growing problem. Here’s what we found when we tested Wisconsin’s drinking water.

arah Swedberg’s morning routine is always the same: She gets up, heads to the kitchen sink and fills a 64-ounce bottle of water to sip throughout the day.

She encourages her three children, ages 8, 11 and 14, to do the same.

The Shawano resident assumes the water that her family is drinking is free of contaminants and not a health concern.

But she is wrong.

When the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tested her tap water for “forever chemicals” — man-made substances that have become an emerging health risk nationwide — it found one major compound at levels 128 times greater than the maximum allowable amount recommended by federal safety advisories...
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