The Environmental Protection Agency plans to limit toxic PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect, as it could help decrease rates of cancer, heart attacks and birth complications. EPA targets 'significant health risks' in drinking water:
in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated substances, are a group of compounds that are widespread, dangerous and expensive to remove from water. They don’t degrade in the environment and are linked to a broad range of health issues, including low birthweight and kidney cancer.
The proposal would set strict limits of 4 parts per trillion, the lowest level that can be reliably measured, for two common types of PFAS compounds called PFOA and PFOS. In addition,wants to regulate the combined amount of four other types of PFAS. Water providers will have to monitor for PFAS. Public concern has increased in recent years as testing reveals PFAS chemicals in a growing list of communities that are often near manufacturing plants orUntil now, only a handful of states have issued PFAS regulations, and none has set limits as strict as what the EPA is proposing. By regulating PFOA and PFOS at the minimum amounts that tests can detect, the EPA is proposing the tightest possible standards that are technically feasible, experts said.
Utilities that have high levels of a contaminant are typically given time to fix problems, but they could face fines or loss of federal grants if problems persist. The proposal would also regulate other types of PFAS like GenX Chemicals, which manufacturers used as a substitute when PFOA and PFOS were phased out of consumer products. The proposal would regulate the cumulative health threat of those compounds and mandate treatment if that threat is too high.
The EPA recently made $2 billion available to states to get rid of contaminants such as PFAS and will release billions more in coming years.
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