[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: New Jersey "subgroup recommends lower limit for PFOA than EPA"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NJDEP subgroup recommends lower limit for PFOA than EPA

By Kyle Bagenstose
Intelligencer (PA)
September 13, 2016

The chemical’s name is a strange one: perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. But the unregulated chemical is potentially toxic, and it’s being found in more and more water supplies across the nation, including the Delaware Valley.

Federal and state agencies have been grappling with the chemical and trying to answer a key question: How much can a person safely consume without potentially suffering health effects, such as a suppressed immune system, a damaged liver, reproductive issues or even cancer?

According to a new recommendation from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Drinking Water Quality Institute, the answer is not a whole lot.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theintell.com/news/horsham-pfos/njdep-recommends-lower-limit-for-pfoa-than-epa/article_eadec3e2-79bf-11e6-8427-d3df3d33d28b.html


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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