Stakeholders Question EPA’s Fairness Over Thermal Treatment For PFAS

Waste combustion companies and former EPA staff are faulting EPA over how it ranks thermal treatment among other destruction and disposal technologies for PFAS, with some questioning the reliability of other methods EPA names as likely to result in lower PFAS releases -- although environmentalists argue thermal methods such as incinerators pose major safety concerns. In comments on EPA’s April 2024 updated interim guidance for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) disposal and destruction, some waste and manufacturing industry proponents note...