Senate appropriators order PFAS review's release

Senate appropriators are ordering the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to release its analyses of four perfluorinated chemicals that the Trump administration blocked because it recommended risk values stricter than EPA's, though the requirement only takes effect 15 days after EPA's spending bill is enacted. “The Committee recognizes the importance of making information available on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to understand and address the needs of communities exposed to these chemicals, and is disappointed that the...