EPA Announces Plan to Address PFAS Contamination
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday released a strategy for reducing contamination from PFAS, a group of more than 9,000 compounds that have been dubbed “forever chemicals” for their ability to persist in water, soil and tissue without breaking down.
PFAS is shorthand for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been used in a wide variety of manufacturing processes and which have been found in drinking water and groundwater throughout the United States. Exposure to PFAS in the environment may be linked to harmful health effects in humans and animals, EPA says.
The Defense Department recently released a report to Congress that said the military has informed more than 2,100 farm operations around the country that they are within a mile “down gradient” from high levels of PFAS contamination at military bases.
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PFAS is shorthand for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been used in a wide variety of manufacturing processes and which have been found in drinking water and groundwater throughout the United States. Exposure to PFAS in the environment may be linked to harmful health effects in humans and animals, EPA says.
The Defense Department recently released a report to Congress that said the military has informed more than 2,100 farm operations around the country that they are within a mile “down gradient” from high levels of PFAS contamination at military bases.
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