Risk Assessment Coalition Holds Workshop Critiquing EPA’s PFOA Value

A coalition known for judging EPA risk assessment values as being too conservative convened a workshop last week where speakers raised concerns about the diverging PFAS risk levels in the United States and other countries, with some scientists critiquing the reliability of EPA’s risk value for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), one of the most studied PFAS. One of the coalition’s leaders suggested development of a single risk value or range for PFOA for all North America. The Alliance for Risk Assessment...