Items Tagged with 'PFAS'

The federal government just tightened the spotlight on another toxic “forever chemical” moving through U.S. industry.

Ahead of the curve when it comes to testing city water for PFAS, Michigan has met its match with the state’s over one million private wells, urging residents to get their water tested.

The settlement resolves violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

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.”