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EPA Administrator Michael Regan called it the biggest action the agency has ever taken on PFAS, saying the rule will reduce exposure for 100 million people. Why is the EPA regulating PFAS and what ...
Discover why the EPA targets six PFAS chemicals for new regulations, focusing on their health risks, prevalence, and extensive scientific research.
Due to the evolving nature of PFAS regulations as new science becomes available, the RRD is evaluating the need for regular PFAS sampling at Superfund sites and is including an evaluation of PFAS sampling needs as part of a Baseline Environmental Assessment review. Earlier in 2018, the RRD purchased lab equipment that will allow the MDEQ ...
San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the U.S. to ban firefighter clothing made with PFAS, also known as forever chemicals.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA / ˈ s iː. k w ə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.
In the United States there are no federal drinking water standards for any of the perfluorinated alkylated substances as of late 2020. [21] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a non-enforceable health advisory for PFOA in 2016.
The groundwater rules would focus on getting existing contamination cleaned up. In April the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted new federal drinking water standards for the first ...
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, [1] including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.