EPA has found negative health effects from the two most studied per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at “much lower levels of exposure” than previously believed, the agency says of draft scientific documents submitted to its Science Advisory Board (SAB), setting a path to develop strict...
Michigan has also taken steps toward regulating PFAS. For instance, the Michigan House of Representatives adopted a resolution creating a PFAS Advisory Committee to review Michigan's knowledge of PFAS. Members of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan State Senate have also introduced ...
A Biden administration official told reporters on Tuesday night that the agency was lowering its health advisory — meant to inform the public about how much is considered safe to drink — for the two most notorious types of PFAS, known as PFOA and PFOS to “near zero” in new i...
By the end of the month, the EPA asked its Science Advisory Board to review draft documents regarding health effects PFAS. The request for review was a result of recent scientific data regarding the negative health effects of lower levels of PFOA and PFOS than previously understood and that PFO...
Expert panels in Michigan and New York - two states that are grappling with contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - say that EPA's health advisory levels for the contaminants in drinking water are not adequately protective, opening the door for regulators to adopt ...
First, ‘health advisories (which are not regulations),’ are not subject to judicial review because they are not ‘final action’. As its name suggests, a health advisory is merely advisory; it is an informational document imposing no legal consequences,......
Dozens of military installations have been affected. Tests found drinkingwatercontamination exceeding the EPA's health advisory for a lifetime of exposure for two PFAS compounds, PFOS and PFOA. __ WHAT ABOUT WILDLIFE? Unsurprisingly, the chemicals have turned up in a variety of wildlife species, ...
ambient air monitoring, laboratory services, quality assurance, and source testing. Dr. Fine served on the California Air Resources Board’s legislatively-mandated Research Screening Committee, and has also served on several EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee expert panels. Before joining the ...
” said EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox and co-chair of EPA’s Council on PFAS. “As our whole of agency progress clearly illustrates, we are protecting people’s health while catalyzing research and innovation, fueling new markets and jobs, and prioritizing equitable ...
Tweet Environmentalists say Chemours’ recent petition to “correct” an EPA assessment of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) known as GenX amounts to “a ploy to delay” the agency’s imminent health advisory level, which once finalized would trigger a court mandate for the firm...