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PFAS in Amsterdam Drinking Water Primarily from Polluted Rhine: 'Solution Lies Largely in Germany'

Het Parool22 September · 17:311 day ago

Amsterdam's drinking water contains more than twice the amount of PFAS chemicals recommended by the RIVM. Expert Gerard Stroomberg explains that nearly 90 percent of the PFAS in the Rhine River is already present in the water before it enters the Netherlands at Lobith, suggesting that the solution lies largely within Germany.

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