The Biden administration said it is moving forward on regulations to limit the spread of several toxic chemicals that public health advocates say are harmful to humans and should become the target of a widespread cleanup effort
The Biden administration said it is moving forward on regulations to limit the spread of several toxic chemicals that public-health advocates sayWhite House officials said Monday that they are working on a proposal to designate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or
, as hazardous substances under 1980 federal law, a status that could make manufacturers and other distributors of the chemicals liable for cleaning up contaminated sites. are commonly called “forever chemicals” because they take so long to break down.
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