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"Forever Chemicals" in Kennewick Water & Idaho Special Olympian Brings Home a Medal: April 30, 2025
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Once again this year, testing has revealed the presence of "forever chemicals" known as PFAs in Kennewick drinking water, hear what city officials have to say. Plus, we'll update you on the story of Jeff Greene, an Idaho Special Olympian who recently returned from the World Winter Games in Italy.
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"Forever Chemicals" in Kennewick Water & Idaho Special Olympian Brings Home a Medal: April 30, 2025
4/25/2025 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
Once again this year, testing has revealed the presence of "forever chemicals" known as PFAs in Kennewick drinking water, hear what city officials have to say. Plus, we'll update you on the story of Jeff Greene, an Idaho Special Olympian who recently returned from the World Winter Games in Italy.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipKennewick, Washington's drinking water once again found to have ‘forever chemicals in it.
For the second spring in a row, PFAs, those chemicals, were found in the city's water at levels above Washington State's standards.
But the level this year is slightly lower than last year, and it's the same type of contamination.
PFAs come from things like firefighting foam, or even the stuff that fast food wrappers are made of.
“So it appears to be cyclical in nature, at least based on the limited data that we have so far.” That's Jeremy Lustig.
He's Kennewicks Deputy Public Works Director.
People who are pregnant, breastfeeding or mixing baby formula with tap water should find other sources of drinking water, like filtered bottled water.
Find out what the city's fix is and how many years away it is at NWPB.org.
Here's an update to a story we first brought you before the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Italy.
A local man, Jeff Greene from Peck, Idaho, is back from the competition.
Greene brought home a bronze medal for the 50 meter snowshoe dash.
Greene has Down syndrome and has long been a Special Olympics athlete.
Congratulations to him on his big bronze win.
He's not taking any breaks though.
This multi-sport athlete is back on the hardwood with his North Idaho basketball team, the Moscow Rebel Tigers.
Greenes full Story is online at NWPB.org.
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