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August 24, 2022 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press) WASHINGTON (August 24, 2022) – This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) with representatives from the Government of Flanders, Belgium pledging to share… Read More »EPA and Government of Flanders, Belgium Pledge to Share Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Information on PFAS and other Fluorocarbon Chemicals

August 3, 2022 InsideEPA.com Dozens of House lawmakers and environmentalists are urging EPA to quickly propose two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for listing as “hazardous substances” under the Superfund law, arguing the move alone would not ban the use… Read More »EPA Urged To Quickly Issue Plan For PFAS Superfund ‘Substance’ Listing

August 2, 2022 InsideEPA.com EPA is poised to propose its long-awaited rule to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as Superfund “hazardous substances” as well as revisions to the Trump-era Risk Management Program (RMP) rule governing chemical facility safety… Read More »EPA Poised To Propose Major Rules On PFAS CERCLA Designation, RMP

August 2, 2022 InsideEPA.com Over a year after it withdrew a controversial Trump-era compliance guide for the significant new use rule (SNUR) governing several per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), EPA says it has no plans to issue new guidance or… Read More »EPA Sees No Need For New PFAS SNUR Guidance Despite Industry Calls

August 2, 2022 InsideEPA.com A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel is recommending that health clinicians offer patients blood testing if they are likely to have elevated exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) due to work or community exposures… Read More »NAS Advises Blood Testing For People With Elevated PFAS Exposures

Common chemicals sprayed on many crops each year are cloaked in bureaucratic uncertainties By Meg Wilcox on June 15, 2022 Scientists have been raising growing concerns for decades over the use of toxic “forever chemicals,” so called because their strong… Read More »Pesticides Are Spreading Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Scientists Warn

Article By John Gardella National Law Review On July 21, 2022, the National Academy of Science (NAS) held a public meeting regarding progress made on its PFAS report for recommendations to clinicians and physicians for PFAS testing. The National Academy… Read More »National Academy of Science PFAS Report Release This Week

23 June 2022 Goodrich JA, Walker D, Lin X, Wang H, Lim T, McConnell R, Conti DV, Chatzi L, Setiawan VW, Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2022.100550 Abstract: Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of persistent organic pollutants, is ubiquitous. Animal… Read More »Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in a multiethnic cohort

Article By John Gardella National Law Review Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Just a week ago, we reported that a significant step forward was taken in the effort to designate certain PFAS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA when the White House… Read More »PFAS CERCLA Designation Hits A Hurdle…For Now