Pruitt Urged To Fulfill PFOA Testing Pledge As State Advances Water Limit

Community campaigners are urging EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to fulfill a pledge he gave during his Senate confirmation to test drinking water in communities that may contain the emerging contaminant perflouorooctanoic acid (PFOA), while New Jersey pushes ahead with developing possibly the strictest PFOA limit in the country. PFOA, a persistent, toxic non-stick perfluorinated chemical (PFC) used in a host of consumer and industry applications, has been linked by an independent science panel to various adverse health effects, including testicular...