Citing New Study, Environmentalists Urge Senate To Address PFAS At Bases

Charging that EPA is “not doing nearly enough,” environmentalists are urging the Senate to require the Trump administration to quickly take a series of steps to address water contamination from per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (PFAS), citing a new study that suggests levels at many military bases exceed a federal health agency's draft risk values. The analysis, released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) on Sept. 25, comes one day before a Senate subcommittee is slated to hold the upper...