Environmentalists Expand Push For State PFAS Technology Standards

Environmentalists are petitioning officials in Michigan -- a state with extensive contamination from perfluorinated compounds -- to adopt technology-based drinking water standards for the entire class of chemicals, expanding on a campaign that has so-far focused on Northeast states. While the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), a New England environmental group, late last year began a campaign to press states in its region to set such standards, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last month asked officials in Michigan to set...