Resources

Government Databases,
Testing Tools, and
Advocacy Organizations

This page collects the most useful external resources for understanding PFAS contamination, finding data about your area, testing your water, and taking action. All links go to primary sources — government agencies, independent research organizations, and certification bodies.

Find Data About Your Area

Water Contamination

Search by zip code to see PFAS detected in your public water system. The most consumer-accessible presentation of UCMR5 and utility testing data, with health context included.

The full federal dataset of PFAS test results from public water systems across the U.S. Covers 29 PFAS compounds tested 2023–2025. Searchable by state and water system name.

Annual water quality reports that every public water utility is required to publish. Search by zip code. You are legally entitled to request this report from your utility at any time.

Water Contamination

Interactive map of more than 2,800 documented PFAS contamination locations in the U.S. Covers military bases, industrial facilities, and water systems. Searchable by state and zip code.

Official Department of Defense map of military installations with confirmed or suspected PFAS contamination. Includes investigation status and cleanup progress for each site.

Find industrial facilities near you that have reported PFAS releases under EPCRA. Search by zip code, chemical, or facility name. Updated annually.

Search for Superfund cleanup sites near your location. Following the 2024 CERCLA designation, PFAS-contaminated sites are being added to the national priority list.

Water Testing

Water Testing Labs

For private well testing or independent confirmation of public water results, only use a state-certified laboratory running EPA Method 533 or 537.1. Results from certified labs are valid for regulatory complaints and legal proceedings.

The federal directory of state-certified drinking water laboratories. Search by state to find a lab certified to run PFAS analysis. Start here before ordering any test.

Verify whether a specific water filter has been independently certified for PFAS reduction. NSF/ANSI Standard 58 covers reverse osmosis. Standard 53 covers activated carbon.

Health and Science

Health and Science Resources

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry maintains comprehensive PFAS toxicological profiles and health effect summaries. The most authoritative federal source on PFAS health impacts.

Searchable database of peer-reviewed PFAS research. Thousands of published studies on health effects, environmental fate, and exposure pathways. Free access to abstracts.

The AAP’s clinical guidance on PFAS exposure for pediatric practitioners. Relevant for parents and clinicians discussing PFAS risk for children and pregnant patients.

NIEHS funds and summarizes PFAS research. Their public health summaries provide accessible overviews of current research findings on exposure and disease associations.

Legal and Regulatory

Legal and Regulatory Resources

EPA’s formal policy framework for PFAS regulation. Background on how the April 2024 drinking water standards were developed and what the agency’s regulatory priorities are.

The official text of current federal drinking water standards including the April 2024 PFAS MCLs.

Contact information for every state attorney general. Several have PFAS-specific complaint intake processes.

File complaints about drinking water violations including PFAS MCL exceedances. Phone: 1-800-426-4791.

Advocacy and Organizations

Advocacy and Community Organizations

These organizations work on PFAS policy, community organizing, and public education. Listing here does not constitute endorsement of all positions.

Maintains the most widely used public PFAS databases, publishes ongoing research on contamination, and advocates for stronger federal regulation.

Grassroots environmental organization with state chapters active on PFAS water contamination. Assists community groups with organizing, regulatory complaints, and legislative advocacy.

Legal and policy advocacy on PFAS contamination at the federal and state level.

Official VA guidance on expanded benefits for veterans with toxic substance exposure including PFAS. How to file a claim and what conditions are covered.