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Re:Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US ... by Tarsul on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:35AM (#27140262)
So we have a regulation since October of 2020 [!] in the EU that says that water distributors ("Wasserversorger") have to check how much PFAS is in the water and cope with it if it's too much. This reminds me that I had a notice from my landlord at the start of corona that I shouldn't use the shower because they noticed that the threshold of legionella in the water was a little too high (which was especially annoying because falling ill with Legionnaires' disease would mean similar symptoms to covid-19).
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Re:Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US ... by lnsru on Thursday May 13, 2021 @08:25AM (#27141301)
Your landlord should be reported and get nice visit from local Gesundheitsamt. It’s no big deal to prepare water with higher temperature and avoid this issue.
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Re:Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US ... by Enginerrrd on Thursday May 13, 2021 @11:16AM (#27143047)
That's not necessarily true. It can be non-trivial to get the heat specification right at all end points in the distribution pipeline.
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Re:Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US ... by lnsru on Thursday May 13, 2021 @11:24AM (#27143154)
Ok. Add nasty chemicals then. I think, even cheap chlorine can do the job. In my case higher temperature was enough. I rented a flat that was staying empty for long time and had these problems. Increasing temperature of the water and letting it run for 5 minutes solved it.
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