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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:47:31 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "States take the lead in creating more health protective drinking water guidelines"
 
States take the lead in creating more health protective drinking water
guidelines
Study reveals efforts to address widespread PFAS contamination affecting
millions of Americans

Silent Spring Institute
January, 2019


A new analysis shows variation in the way state and federal regulators manage
PFAS contaminants in drinking water, with some states adopting guideline levels
that are more health protective than the non-enforceable levels set by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  According to the studys authors, the
findings highlight the need for enforceable federal standards based on full
consideration of the science to ensure consistent protection for the millions of
people, including vulnerable groups like pregnant women and children, whose
water supplies have been contaminated.

The study, by researchers at Silent Spring Institute, Whitman College, and
Northeastern University, appears online January 8 in the Journal of Exposure
Science & Environmental Epidemiology (JESEE), and is part of a special issue
dedicated to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).



Reference: Cordner, A., V.Y. De La Rosa, L.A Schaider, R.A. Rudel, L. Richter,
P. Brown.  2019. Guideline Levels for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water: The Role
of Scientific Uncertainty, Risk Assessment Decisions, and Social Factors.
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. DOI:
10.1038/s41370-018-0099-9



For the entire article, see
https://silentspring.org/research-update/states-take-lead-creating-more-health-p
rotective-drinking-water-guidelines

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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