Federal Rule Will Safeguard Drinking Water for 500,000 MainersDrinking water for nearly 500,000 Maine residents will beprotected under federal regulations...Farwell, Jackie
Fluoride is often added to public water to prevent tooth decay. However, 99% of the fluoride you consume is added to your bones as fluorapatite crystals. Fluorapatite bone is weak and low quality, causing an increase in fracture risk. Chronic exposure can cause skeletal fluorosis, causing stiffn...
Unfortunately, the current trend seems to be one of the EPA acting very quickly to repeal regulations, while taking time to protect drinking water. An example is methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a once-used gasoline additive that was found to contaminate groundwater from gas stations. MTBE ...
The relative critical overview of indicators, which set norms to the drinking water and are used as background for regulatory instruments of the USA, the EU, the WHO, Ukraine and Russia, has been revealed. The analytical review of current problems in dri
this means that states must yield to EPA implementation and enforcement of the MCLs within their jurisdiction or retain primacy by adopting new drinking standards that are at least as strict as the federal ones. States that decide to adopt new PFAS drinking water standards will need to ensure th...
EPA's new drinking water regulations The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday new regulations to limit the amount of "forever chemicals," known as PFAS, found in drinking water. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy has more. ...
states, such as Michigan, New York, and New Jersey have sought to implement their own regulatory limits on PFAS concentrations in drinking water ahead of a slower moving federal government. Now, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the position to crack down...
Federal drinking water regulations To regulate drinking water, the EPA establishes primary and secondary drinking water standards. Primary standards are enforceable by law and apply to all the U.S. public water systems; their goal is to limit levels of harmful contaminants in drinking water. The ...
Clean Air Actor “Act” means the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7671q, and its implementing regulations. Stormwater runoffmeans water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
This month, the EPA completed its second review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA") and published the findings of its review in the Federal Register. Such reviews are required every six years under Section 1412(b)(9) of the SDWA. The EP...