Federal drinking water standards do not apply to private wells used by roughly 40 million Americans, leaving well owners to arrange their own testing and pay for filtration, replacement wells, or bottled water. Some states and court settlements have created testing programs for households near contamination sources, but eligibility boundaries often leave neighbors with different levels of support.
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“Programs and research focused on how strong family bonds across generations help keep older adults healthy and connected”
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“Military families should have reliable health coverage, but people may disagree about which treatments should be expanded, tested, or excluded.”
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“The Department of Defense should help provide safe drinking water when its activities pollute nearby private wells with PFOS or PFOA chemicals.”
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A Yale field experiment found legislators shown actual district opinion shifted their votes to match it. The ones kept in the dark? No relationship between constituent views and how they voted.
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