<p>Tom Kennedy learned about the long-term contamination of his family’s drinking water about two months after he was told that his breast cancer had metastasized to his brain and was terminal.</p><p>The troubles tainting his tap: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a broad category of chemicals invented in the mid-1900s to add desirable properties such as stain-proofing and anti-sticking to shoes, cookware and other everyday objects. Manufacturers in Fayetteville, North Carolina had been discharging them into the Cape Fear River — a regional drinking water source — <a href=”https://governor.nc.gov/news/memo-water-quality-state-action-items” target=”_blank”>for decades</a>.</p><p>”I was furious,” says Kennedy, who lives in nearby Wilmington. “I made the connection pretty quickly that PFAS likely contributed to my condition. Although it’s nothing that I can prove.”</p><p>The double whammy of bad news came more than three…
Here is how you should apply essential oils to different parts of your body
Most people think that the use of essential oil is only limited to aromatherapy. But applying essential oil topically on your body parts also has therapeutic...
