作者: CW Group 摘要: The US EPA has issued a long-awaited 'roadmap' for addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), setting out an agency-wide approach that focuses on researching, restricting and remediating the persistent substances. 年份: 2021 收藏...
EPA-created loopholes allow chemical companies and military agencies to avoid reporting their PFAS use and pollution if they release less than 500 pounds, and produced up to 1 million pounds of PFAS. EPA also allows secrecy if companies are mixing PFAS with other chemicals, even if dumping in...
ability to understand and effectively protect people from PFAS," Freedhoff said in a Sept. 28 statement. "Today we take another important step under EPA's PFAS Strategic Roadmap to deliver on President Biden's clear direction to finally address this legacy pollution endangering people across ...
“I’m encouraged that the Biden administration is taking a step in the right direction to curb the discharges of PFAS, so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that present a sinister and pervasive threat to our nation’s health and economy. Putting limits on these toxic substances...
House indicated that it would address the potential presence of PFAS in drinking water through a variety of regulatory and enforcement mechanisms, including the designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA, as part of EPA's PFAS strategic roadmap published in October...
Article 26 November 2022 Exposure forecasting – ExpoCast – for data-poor chemicals in commerce and the environment Article 08 November 2022 Advancing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) research: an overview of ATSDR and NCEH activities and recommendations Article 01 April 2021 Introduc...
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage):EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the agency’s comprehensive Strategic Roadmap to confront PFAS contamination nationwide. The Roadmap is the result of a thorough analysis conducted by the EPA Council on PFAS that Administrator Regan established ...
Under the PFAS Strategic Roadmap issued by EPA Administrator Regan in October 2021, EPA committed to improve approaches for tracking and enforcement of PFAS requirements in new chemical consent orders and SNURs. According to EPA, the letter “supports this goal by ensuring that manufacturers, proces...
One industry lawyer believes EPA will offer details of its PFAS roadmap shortly before a Senate hearing next week, with a likely emphasis on water measures, particularly those under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
In addition, the plan also pledges to conduct more research and testing on hundreds of other PFAS, potentially listing additional compounds as hazardous substances in the future to better safeguard public health, protect the environment and hold polluters accountable. By 2023, the roadmap aims to ...