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Vancouver receives $10M loan to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from water supply

Money will go toward work at Water Station 4

By Mia Ryder-Marks, Columbian staff reporter
Published: September 18, 2024, 12:50pm
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The city of Vancouver recently received a $10 million low-interest loan to remove so-called forever chemicals from the municipal water supply.

PFAS — short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals — are a large group of chemicals that have been detected in humans and may harm health, according to the U.S.

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