ATSDR's Strict Risk Levels For PFAS Driving Push For Tighter Protections

July 17, 2018
A federal health agency's recently released draft report recommending stricter risk values than EPA had adopted for two perfluorinated chemicals is already driving calls for tougher regulatory requirements, with a bipartisan group of House lawmakers urging EPA to reconsider its health advisory levels once the draft is finalized. In addition, California regulators also cited the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry's (ATSDR) draft toxicological profile as justification for its just-adopted plan to significantly lower the threshold at which local...


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