PFAS in drinking water
What did the EPA announce? The EPA just posted the results of water tests for 29 per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, in over 2,000 public water systems that provide tap water to...
Articles by John E. Reeder
As veterans grapple with toxic exposures, demand for health care surges
One year ago today, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinsons Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, or PACT Act. He heralded the law as the...
Over 100 groups press Biden administration to set ‘forever chemicals’ drinking water standards without further delay
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Over 50 groups urge Biden administration to ramp up Department of Defense cleanups
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U.S. government’s $650 billion buying power could move markets to PFAS-free products
Curbing the needless use of the toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS could end their cycle of contamination, and the U.S. government has an extraordinary ability to move markets to PFAS-free...
