EPA announces a three-year initiative to regulate PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals.'
People consume the chemical after it leaks into the ground water or is released into the air. Two of the biggest polluters are the Department of Defense and the companies that manufacture the chemical, including Chemours, 3M and Dupont.
Scott Faber, senior vice president for governmental affairs at the Environmental Working Group, said chemical companies “have understood the risks of these chemicals since the 1950s." “They have eluded regulation but that ends right now," Regan said."This administration is taking action.”The EPA regulates 90 contaminates in drinking water but not PFAS. The EPA is now creating a plan to implement new national drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two classes of PFAS, by the fall of 2023.
The U.S. Navy told NBC News that it has plans to ban PFAS from its firefighting foam by Oct. 1, 2023, as directed by Congress.“What we have to do is move very strategically through the regulatory process, and we’re going to do that in an expedited timeline,” Regan said.
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