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PFAS in Water: Experts Demand More Tests

Summary by ORF.at News
The finding of the hazardous chemical PFAS in the groundwater of Mannswörth has recently caused uncertainty. Such contaminated areas are hardly known so far, but according to experts there are hundreds of suspected areas. These require more tests.
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After having already found increased loads with so-called PFAS in several house wells in the village of Mannswörth, a contamination of the tap water of an inhabitant has been detected for the first time. The Tyrolean physician Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hannes Strasser advises to not consider the situation in isolation. In conversation with contrafunk he refers to numerous possible causes, among others near refineries, extinguishing foam and wind power plan…

The finding of the hazardous chemical PFAS in the groundwater of Mannswörth has recently caused uncertainty. Such contaminated areas are hardly known so far, but according to experts there are hundreds of suspected areas. These require more tests.

·Vienna, Austria
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Report24 broke the news on Saturday, July 11, 2026.
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