the article says that 2140 cases of illness, in the whole country.
That's .0006% of the population. There's no need to try to vilify tap water. sheesh.

Nothing wrong with paying attention. I've used a Brita filter for years.

It is getting tiresome having to deal with so many things going wrong. Bad water, bad air, bad food, bad consumer products, bad airplanes, etc.

Having said that, we've been using Pur water filters for years. In Florida our water was so bad we purchased the 2.5 gallon jugs of water for pretty much everything. We had to have a whole house water softener or your clothes came out yellow and your skin itched. Yes, it was a public utility that provided the water.

You just never know.

The new standard is legally enforceable and aims to reduce exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.” Water utilities will now have to filter out five of more than 12,000 types of individual forever chemicals — PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS and HFPO-DA, also known as GenX chemicals. The regulations also set a limit for mixtures of any two or more of PFNA, PFHxS, PFBS and GenX chemicals.

Biden administration sets first national standard to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

How to limit PFAS in your drinking water and food, according to experts