Sharon Scovanner featured in USA TODAY NETWORK about Loveland’s contaminated drinking water

Loveland, Ohio – Sharon Scovanner the local Loveland resident, now regional expert on “Forever Chemicals” contaminating drinking water in Loveland and around the region was featured in the print and eNewspaper of the USA TODAY NETWORK and the Columbus Dispatch on Sunday, August 18.

The story reports that, “Loveland resident Sharon Scovanner only drinks filtered water. She’s concerned about her city’s reported level of PFAS compounds in the public water system and the potential health risks of continued exposure to the chemicals, which linger in the environment and in human bodies. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, abbreviated PFAS, are chemicals first manufactured in the 1940s. They have been linked to certain cancers, fertility issues and other health concerns”

Scovanner said, “Loveland has made claims about the health effects of PFAS in a federal lawsuit that differ from the information the city gives its residents.”

“I just know they didn’t tell us. They are telling us to continue to drink the water, they’re saying it’s safe, and that is not accurate. No official governmental agency that has any credence on this topic would agree with that.”  –––Sharon Scovanner

Testing has revealed that Loveland has two “Forever Chemicals” in its drinking water. One, at a level four times higher than what is the enforceable standard of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This is the highest reported level in the area. US EPA has acknowledged that no levels of PFAS are safe without the risk of negative health impacts.

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