'The EPA needs to go much further by implementing strong, enforceable regulations on the entire class of PFAS chemicals that are sickening communities around the country,' says MaryGrant_Water of foodandwater.
PFOA and PFOS above the new levels in the drinking water of 2,013 U.S. communities serving over 43 million people.
"The EPA must move quickly to set limits on industrial discharges of PFAS into the air and water, require testing for sludge that may be contaminated with PFAS, immediately designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under our federal cleanup laws, and properly dispose of PFAS wastes," she asserted.on the federal government to go further.
"The EPA needs to go much further by implementing strong, enforceable regulations on the entire class of PFAS chemicals that are sickening communities around the country as we speak," she said, adding that the 2021 infrastructure law"provided a down payment on what needs to be a continuing stream of adequate funding to properly address the drinking water crisis facing our country.
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