Colorado testing fish in new push to prevent health harm from toxic “forever chemicals”
(WorldNews Environment)

FOUNTAIN VALLEY REGIONAL PARK — Colorado health researcher Sarah Erickson spread her tools in a gazebo by Willow Springs Ponds one recent morning and sliced into a large-mouth bass, peeling away a potentially scrumptious dorsal fillet. This bass could be a boast-able catch for the residents who flock here to fish. Grills at the ponds invite idyllic picnic feasts. But Erickson was testing to measure toxic contamination — from PFAS, the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances called “forever chemicals” — that has spread through the Fountain Creek watershed south of Colorado Springs. Fish can accumulate PFAS at concentrations up to 10,000 times higher than the...