ACC Urges Court To Vacate EPA’s Interim Health Advisories For PFOA, PFOS

August 1, 2022
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is urging a federal appellate court to vacate EPA’s strict interim health advisories for the two most-studied per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), charging they are an unlawful backdoor means of imposing tough standards without following statutory and regulatory procedures. In a July 29 petition filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the chemical industry trade group argues that EPA’s issuance of interim lifetime health advisory levels (HALs) for perfluorooctanoic...


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