Do public records document PFAS drinking-water response handoffs? A 51-jurisdiction audit

Gustavo Pedro Ricou 

PFAS monitoring, assistance, and project records are often public, yet a reader may still be unable to trace a named response across administrative stages. We conducted a registered, frozen public-source audit of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The registered test documented 13/204 predeclared strict relationships; no later relationship met the rule. The audit shows when a public accountability question can be answered from the named record packet and identifies the evidence bridge a reader would need to inspect next. It offers a reproducible way to distinguish a documented public relationship from adjacent records that happen to be visible. It is a public-record finding, not evidence of state inaction, programme performance, treatment, exposure, health effects, or a national policy requirement.