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
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a new and improved Framework for the Assessment of Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing under its Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program, and a webpage highlighting ecolabel criteria that address perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These actions are a key step in implementing President Biden’s Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean … Read more