Environmentalists Seek To Toughen FDA’s PFAS Tests Along EPA Lines

In a test for the Biden administration’s government-wide strategy for limiting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products, environmentalists are attacking the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent tests for the chemicals in food packaging, saying that agency’s approach falls short of standards set by EPA. Several groups and some former EPA employees have pushed back against FDA’s announcement in late August that its 2018 Total Diet Study, based on tests of 167 sample foods, identified no PFAS in 164...