July 30, 2019
Stories tagged "PFAS"
July 9, 2019
Trump Administration Makes Empty Promises on PFAS Pollution, Congress and States Taking Action
In 2018, then EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt promised to designate a toxic firefighting chemical called Per/Polyfluorinated Substances, also known as PFAS, as a hazardous substance that could be regulated, but since then has done nothing about the 610 sites in 43...May 26, 2019
Service Members Face Danger From More Than Enemy Fire
This Memorial Day we honor the military service of Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our nation. In April of 2018, the Department of Defense provided Congress a list of contaminated U.S. military bases — the document, according to Healthline,...May 8, 2019
New data shows 610 sites in 43 states contaminated with toxic PFAS chemicals
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of chemicals that are linked to cancer and other illnesses and we’ve written numerous times about the extent of their contamination of drinking water in the U.S. (even at military bases) and the EPA’s...March 7, 2019
EPA Slow to Act on PFAS Contamination Crisis
A hearing on Capitol Hill today probed EPA’s failure to set safety standards for a class of toxic chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — also called the “forever chemicals” because they take thousands of years to break down. ...February 15, 2019