The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the first-ever While the EPA has only put strict limits on si PFAS based on a loto scientific evidence, thousands more are still in the enviroment. The hope is that limits on PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, in drinking water. ...
While the EPA has only put strict limits on six PFAS based on a lot of scientific evidence, thousands more are still in the environment. The hope is that once new infrastructure is in place it will also remove many of those chemicals that haven't yet been banned.28. What is the primary...
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water this year. KFF Health NewsAug. 10, 2022 Supreme Court Issues Blow to EPA In West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority limited the agency’s ...
--via NewMediaWire-- On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 the White House issued the first-ever national drinking water standard that will require water utilities to drastically reduce the levels of toxic PFAS forever chemicals down to the lowest levels that can
Furthermore, the rule includes provisions for restricting the production, importation, and use of certain PFAS compounds that are deemed unsafe or unnecessary. By setting limits on their usage, the EPA aims to reduce the release of PFAS into air, water, and soil,minimizing their potential advers...
Despite this influx of funding, the mounting costs of compliance to address PFAS contamination have spurred concern among public water facilities. Although the EPA estimated the annual costs will total $1.5 billion in their comments on the proposed rule, one trade association shared astudythat projec...
The US Environmental Protection Agency issued two final rules in quick succession last week that set enforceable limits on per-and polyfluoro-alkyl substances (PFAs) in drinking water and will curtail air pollution at around 200 US plants that make, use, store or emit ethylene oxide (EO), ...
September 29, 2021 Tweet EPA officials are actively discussing a series of options for addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a group, including potentially categorizing them by toxicity or by “remediation” approaches as the agency works on developing regulations, an EPA Region ...
WILMINGTON, NC -- EPA’s top water official is downplaying concerns that the agency’s just-announced interim drinking water health advisory levels (HALs) for the two most studied per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are set at levels below what can currently be detected, which critics ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday that it will propose a rule to set the first-ever limits on the amount of chemicals called PFAS can be discharged. In a new plan released on Wednesday, the agency affirmed that it would pr