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Researchers found worrisome levels of chemicals called PFAS in Juana Valle's well water.
Exposure to PFAS , a group of thousands of compounds, has been linked to health problems including cancer and low birth weight.
The chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural farmland far from known contamination sites, like industrial areas, airports, and military bases.
More than 825,000 people in California don’t have access to clean or reliable drinking water because of contamination from nitrates, heavy metals, and pesticides.
California ’s most concentrated pesticide use is along the Central Coast , where Valle lives, and in the Central Valley .
The state, like the EPA , does not regulate PFAS in solid waste generated by sewage treatment plants.
In 2024 no farms participated in the county's biosolids program.
Kern County fought the practice for more than a decade until the legal battle ended in 2017 .
Los Angeles County hauls much of its biosolidions to Kern County or out of state.
"Spread the poop somewhere else, away from us," county official says.
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