DOD Warns Congress Of Mission-Critical Impacts If PFAS Is Restricted

The Defense Department (DOD) is telling Congress that PFAS is a vital component in many technologies and articles it relies on for national security, warning in a new report of the risks to the defense industrial base that emerging, “overly broad” PFAS regulations pose. The report -- which outlines the mission-critical uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in nearly all of DOD’s weapon systems, as well as in munitions, semiconductors and lithium-ion batteries and other products -- could aid...