{
  "id": 16203030,
  "title": "US drinking water could contain double the reported PFAS levels, model estimates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-drinking-water-could-contain-double-the-reported-pfas-levels-model",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-pfas.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Common ways of reporting perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the man-made, so-called forever chemicals that pose environmental and health threats—could underestimate the concentration of PFAS in U.S. drinking water by as much as half, according to a study being published Oct. 23 in Cell Reports Sustainability.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}