Over 2,000 U.S. communities are grappling with unsafe PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) levels in their water, according to an updated report from the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) latest findings. EWG is a non-profit organization focusing on what it says is “a shared fight to protect the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the products we put on our skin.”
As of June 2025, EWG’s data points to 9,323 PFA-contaminated sites nationwide, with nearly 3,000 new ones flagged by the EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) testing, which checks community water systems. A 2023 estimate found that a startling 45% of tap water could have one or more PFAs.
Not every site represents a unique community, but the numbers hint at thousands of affected towns and cities. Back in 2020, EWG also reported that over 200 million Americans likely get their water from systems with detectable PFAs, underscoring the crisis’s scope.
When then-private citizen Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health initiatives began to merge with then-candidate Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement last year, it birthed a number of health-conscious priorities under the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) banner. Among those priorities are combating chronic diseases, removing chemicals from food and water supplies, reexamining Big Pharma and its power over the health and medical industry, and examining environmental factors that degrade public health.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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