[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Pennsylvania sets drinking water standards on two ‘forever chemical’ PFAS compounds"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pennsylvania sets drinking water standards on two ‘forever chemical’ PFAS compounds

By Susan Phillips 
StateImpact Pennsylvania
January 16, 2023 

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has adopted new limits on two of the toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS.

Often referred to as “forever chemicals,” because they don’t naturally break down in the environment, PFAS compounds are linked to serious health issues, including some cancers.

The move means that all public and private drinking water treatment facilities in the state, along with commercial bottled water plants, and school and healthcare facilities will have to test for the toxic substance, report the findings and treat water for the chemicals present above the new maximum contaminant levels (MCLs).

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Pennsylvania’s new regulations would restrict the PFAS compounds PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) at 14 parts per trillion, and PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) at 18 parts per trillion.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2023-01-16/pennsylvania-sets-drinking-water-standards-on-two-forever-chemical-pfas-compounds

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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