`Are we poisoning ourselves?`: `Forever chemical` levels are so high in a Northwoods town that filtration might not work

TOWN OF STELLA – "Forever chemicals" always felt like a big city problem to Greg Golden.

The chemicals didn`t really seem like a pressing issue for a small community where the largest form of excitement is when small planes dust the fields of potatoes with pesticides, Golden said. That was until his neighbor`s private well was selected for sampling by the state, and showed levels of PFAS hundreds of times over the state limits for drinking water...

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Ken Notes: We may need to go into a deeper water aquifer in some cases. This become problematic when ag and industrial users tap into this aquifer first making it less accessible. We need a plan!