Articles Tagged with ''PFAS''

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has responded to a wave of online claims suggesting the agency recently approved pesticides containing “forever chemicals,” a term commonly used to describe a group of persistent and potentially toxic substances known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).

EPA’s new proposal steps directly into that tension and invites another round of discussion about how best to regulate a class of chemicals that remains both widely used and deeply scrutinized.

The co-author of a new paper says the presence of PFAS on the Everglades reservation of the Miccosukee Tribe suggests more restoration may be necessary in the river of grass.

However, EPA supports rule designating PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances.

The EPA's recent actions reaffirm its regulatory commitment to managing PFAS contamination, particularly PFOA and PFOS, while also acknowledging the legal and economic complexities surrounding cleanup liability.

Because EPA did not follow the procedures when it finalized the rule governing the four hazard index chemicals, the petitioners expect EPA will “redo the regulatory process for those four hazard index chemicals, and our hope is that those will be separated from the case and will not be adjudicated.”

“Due to the anti backsliding provision in the Safe Drinking Water Act, it is illegal for EPA to arbitrarily decide to repeal or weaken existing drinking water standards.”

As the Department of Defense confronts soaring PFAS cleanup costs, a landmark comparison at Wurtsmith Air Force Base reveals a new path forward.

With one of the biggest questions facing the use of PFAS filters being how to dispose of such filters once they are filled, Ryan Moore said “For our system, we don't necessarily have to do anything (related to) disposal.”

It’s not a rollback—it’s a recalibration that aims to make public health goals realistic and fair for all.