Water

Testing for ‘forever chemicals’ widens as cities wait for solutions

A woman crouches beside a private well in the front yard of a home.
Carolyn Enright, a student worker with the Minnesota Department of Health, takes coordinates of a private well in West Lakeland Township, Minn., in November. The Minnesota Department of Health has been sampling private wells and community water systems in the east Twin Cities metro area to identify areas that may have been impacted by PFAS contamination.
Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News