Lack Of PFAS Test Methods Could Stymie Class-Based State Standards

March 24, 2021
The California environmental scientist leading the state toxics agency’s regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) says that despite the state’s broad limits on PFAS in consumer products, a lack of approved testing methods for the chemicals in soil and water could block efforts to regulate them as a unified class. During a March 24 webcast panel on PFAS hosted by the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA), Simona Bălan, a senior scientist at the California Department of Toxic Substances...


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