Since late 2019, EPA has successfully added certain perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the toxic release inventory (TRI) list of chemicals subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency ...
EPA’s recommended HHC were developed pursuant to the Clean Water Act (CWA) and will not be legally binding. However, when final, the HHC may be considered by states and authorized tribes when ...
PFAS chemicals have been linked to numerous health problems, including high cholesterol and kidney cancer. The EPA draft assessment will be open for public comment for 60 days.
Moreover, the study finds that amounts of PFAS in the sludge can exceed the EPA’s acceptable threshold “sometimes by several orders of magnitude.” “This draft assessment provides important ...
The EPA has stated that “exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has been linked to cancers, impacts to the liver and heart, and immune and developmental damage to infants and ...
Salt Lake City; Sacramento, California; Madison, Wisconsin; and Louisville, Kentucky, were among the major systems reporting ...
rolled back or reversed controls of PFAS. There are signs the Trump EPA will continue that pattern. This week, it already withdrew regulations and studies related to the chemicals. “The biggest ...
This sludge -- which is sometimes applied to farmland as fertilizer -- can contain high levels of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, the EPA concluded in its review.