It's Time for an Enforceable Timeline for Addressing Toxic PFAS Chemicals

Center for Progressive Reform 2022-07-05

Summary:

Throughout the first half of 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced several actions in pursuit of the goals it laid out in its PFAS Strategic Roadmap -- the blueprint it released last October outlining plans for addressing widespread PFAS contamination in the United States. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a group of more than 9,000 synthetic chemicals that pose serious risks to human health, including increased blood pressure and cholesterol levels, abnormal liver function, decreased birth weights, and certain cancers. Exposure to even extremely low levels of certain PFAS are unsafe for humans.

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http://progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/time-enforceable-timeline-addressing-toxic-pfas-chemicals/

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Authors:

Grace DuBois

Date tagged:

07/05/2022, 15:31

Date published:

07/05/2022, 08:42