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...
“Today’s announcement should set off alarm bells for consumers and regulators,” said Melanie Benesh a legislative attorney at the Environmental Working Group in a statement. “These proposed advisory levels demonstrate that we must move much faster to dramatically reduce exposures to thes...
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 ...
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 ...
The EPA has continued to build the scientific foundation on PFAS through research and development. The agency is investing in research to fill gaps in our understanding of PFAS, to identify which additional PFAS may pose human health and ecological risks at which exposure levels, and to deve...
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...
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 ...
they stop short of asking DOD to directly apply new EPA health guidelines as cleanup levels. EPA’s release in June of four drinking water health advisories for certain PFAS “establish[s] a significantly lower federal threshold for protecting public health than the previous EPA advisory of... ...
Thousands of distinct PFAS chemicals, which resist heat and repel grease, water and oil, have been in production since the 1940s. They've been labeled "forever chemicals" because they break down slowly, if at all. Testing ofwatersystems around the nation has turned up varying levels of the...
ACC Seeks Interagency Review Of EPA,s 'Informal' PFAS Advisory Levels The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is pressing the White House to subject EPA's imminent drinking water advisories on four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to interagency review, arguing that while the agency charac...