The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is recommending that its environment department set groundwater quality standards for 18 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that currently are unregulated, including calling for a combined enforcement standard for six of the chemicals. The recom...
DNR asks hunters near Northwoods town to donate deer samples for PFAS testing October 3, 2024 Wisconsin, WSAW ... to better understand if local perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are accumulating in white-tailed deer near the Town of Stella in Oneida County... PFAS are human...
The WDNR had previously proposed to the NRB a standard of 20 parts per trillion for drinking water, which was originally recommended by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The 70 ppt standard that was ultimately adopted by the NRB is consistent with a health advisory standard that was ...
One of the most immediate impacts of the adoption of these PFAS compounds as hazardous substances under CERCLA would be that detection of these compounds in the environment in excess of reportable quantities would require reporting of these compounds to the U.S. National Response Center and would ...