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...
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 ...
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...
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... ...
The revised health guidelines are based on new science and consider lifetime exposure to the chemicals, the EPA said. Officials are no longer confident that PFAS levels allowed under the 2016 guidelines "do not have adverse health impacts,'' an EPA spokesman said. ...
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, ...
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...
“We are proud to join the EPA team of dedicated career professionals,” said Dan Utech, EPA’s incoming Chief of Staff. “EPA will be at the heart of President Biden’s commitment to protect public health and the environment while building a clean energy future that creates good paying job...