It turns out that those so-called “forever chemicals” are worse for human health than previously thought, the EPA said this week, introducing stricter drinking water advisory limits for PFAS.
lifetime exposure levels to two of the most common PFAS chemicals known as PFOA and PFOS to near zero, at 0.004 parts per trillion and 0.02 parts per trillion, respectively. This is a drastic reduction from the agency’s 2016 health advisory set at 70 parts per trillion.
Through President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the EPA on Wednesday also invited states and territories to apply forin grant funding to help communities -- specifically those that are “small or disadvantaged” -- affected by PFAS contamination. This funding will be the first of $5 billion issued from 2022 until 2026. These efforts come ahead of proposed legalization by the EPA for further PFAS regulation, which will be released in the fall of 2022, according to the agency.
“The GenX chemicals and PFBS health advisory levels are well above the level of detection, based on risk analyses in recent scientific studies,” agency officials said in the news release.
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