Join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on January 25, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET for a webinar on the Agency’s October 2023 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting rule under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The reporting rule is a statutory requirement under the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act that requires all … Read more
EPA Tools & Resources Webinar Chemical Risk Assessment for PFAS in Biosolids Wednesday, June 21, 2023 3-4 pm ET EPA committed in the agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to conduct a biosolids risk assessment for two PFAS compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), in biosolids. EPA’s Office of Water will discuss the current … Read more
PFAS Analytic Tools Thursday, June 1, 2023 3-4 pm ET To support EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, EPA is compiling and integrating a collection of data that can be used to evaluate what is known about PFAS manufacture, release, and occurrence in communities. As part of this effort, EPA is integrating data available nationally with other information … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a regulation that would require public water systems to track per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, notify the public when PFAS and PFOA are present in water and take action to remove the chemicals if contamination exceeds 4 parts per trillion. The agency also wants to regulate four other PFAS as … Read more
Researchers taking a deep dive into PFAS in textiles Firefighting gear and other textile products often contain PFAS, but little is known about which types of PFAS are present or how pervasive the issue is. A team from Emory University and the Chemical Insights Research Institute are studying the issue to potentially identify PFAS in … Read more