View Comments As federal regulators mull limits for a group of cancer-causing compounds, new tests keep finding these so-called "forever" chemicals in Brevard County and throughout Florida, sometimes at several orders of magnitude above what scientists think are safe. High levels of PFAS — short for per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances — turned up recently in Cocoa Beach sewage, South Patrick Shores soil and groundwater, and in drinking water systems statewide. And more sample results are coming soon. On June 23, the University of Florida will unveil what it's found in the first year of a first-of-its-kind three-year PFAS study in Brevard County that aims to examine what happens to the