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“Once airborne in bubbles or spray, PFAS chemicals can travel hundreds of kilometres in days,” says Bo Sha. PFAS used far away could, in the ocean, accumulate in Fair Isle – in high proportions because the island is often exposed to stormy seaspray & is so small. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists believe they may now have found the cause of Fair Isle’s pollution – and warn that it should be ringing alarm bells in other coastal areas
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It has the highest levels of toxic Pfas in drinking water in Scotland. But how did this remote island become awash with forever chemicals?
Josie Glausiusz