Last week, the House of Representatives approved legislation that would require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish national drinking water standards for regulating harmful forever chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), that are linked to kidney, liver and other health problems.
By designating the chemical as hazardous, the PFAS Action Act would allow EPA to clean up sites across the country and provide $200 million in funding for water utilities and wastewater treatment. The bill now awaits consideration in the U.S. Senate.
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[…] Association of Clean Water Agencies, disagree with the PFAS Action Act, stating that it would absolve polluters from the “polluter pays” framework of EPA Superfund cleaning internet sites and put the […]