ORD Advances PFAS ‘Evidence Map’ Seen Aiding TSCA Testing Orders

An EPA spokesperson says the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) effort to systematically review and map toxicity evidence for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) could inform TSCA test orders the agency hopes will bolster assessments of less-studied chemicals in the class, while ORD scientists say they could also aid a host of other research. Scientists with EPA’s research office (ORD) recently published the first in a series of pending papers of systematic evidence maps of the 12,000 PFAS chemicals...