Do you know what’s in your drinking water?

Recent studies find that PFAS, a type of forever chemicals, are everywhere, but how do you reduce your exposure?

Illinois Daily Life:  The crowd packs the shore line along Lake Michigan during the Chicago Air and Water show over Lake Michigan Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Chicago.
Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo
Illinois Daily Life:  The crowd packs the shore line along Lake Michigan during the Chicago Air and Water show over Lake Michigan Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Chicago.
Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo

Do you know what’s in your drinking water?

Recent studies find that PFAS, a type of forever chemicals, are everywhere, but how do you reduce your exposure?

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Chicago gets its drinking water from Lake Michigan, but what does that transformation look like from the lake to your tap?

Reset explores the quality and journey of your drinking water.

GUEST: Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility