PFAS Health Study Required By Congress May Lift Threat Of Superfund Suit

December 19, 2017
Defense legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump Dec. 12 will authorize at least $7 million for a federal study on the human health impacts stemming from perfluorinated chemicals in drinking water near military facilities, potentially lifting the threat of a suit to force a Superfund study and bolster efforts to require strict cleanups. Rob Bilott -- an attorney who has long pushed EPA to address the threat of drinking water contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) --...


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