[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "NJ is trying to get tough on PFAS. The EPA and DOD aren’t playing ball."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NJ is trying to get tough on PFAS. The EPA and DOD aren’t playing ball.

By Kyle Bagenstose
Burlington County Times (NJ)
October 9, 2019 

New Jersey created standards for PFAS chemicals, and says they’re the law of the land. The EPA disagrees, and the military isn’t using them either. The dispute could have huge implications for PFAS cleanup on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is having a tough time getting the federal government to recognize clean water standards for toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a series of letters exchanged between regulators and a statement from the U.S. Air Force.

Short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS are chemicals of growing concern, after they were used for decades in variety of commercial products, such as non-stick cookware and firefighting foams used by the military and private airports. They remain unregulated at the federal level, but New Jersey has become a national leader in setting state safety limits for the chemicals, after becoming concerned about potential human health effects such as high cholesterol, ulcerative colitis, immunotoxicity, developmental delays, and some cancers.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/20191009/nj-is-trying-to-get-tough-on-pfas-epa-and-dod-arent-playing-ball

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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http://www.cpeo.org





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