Archive for April 2019
Protecting Communities from Exposure to Harmful PFAS Chemicals: The Urgent Need for Safe Drinking Water Standards in the Absence of Federal Action
The Dunleavy Administration announced in April 2019 that it would roll back Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) health protective PFAS contamination cleanup guidelines. The State had been taking a more precautionary approach than the EPA by testing for six PFAS instead of only the two that the EPA has been monitoring (PFOA and PFOS).…
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