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EPA: 'Forever chemicals' pose risk even at very low levels

By MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Environmental Protection
Agency is warning that
two nonstick and stain-re-
sistant compounds found
in drinking water are more
dangerous than previously
thought — and pose health
risks even at levels so low
they cannot currently be
detected.
The two compounds,
known as PFOA and PFOS,
have been voluntarily
phased out by U.S. manu-
facturers, but there are a
limited number of ongoing
uses and the chemicals
remain in the environment
because they do not de-
grade over time. The com-
pounds are part of a larger
cluster of "forever chemi-
cals" known as PFAS that
have been used in con-
sumer products and indus-
try since the 1940s.
The EPA on Wednesday is-
sued nonbinding health
advisories that set health Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University,
risk thresholds for PFOA and in Greensboro, N.C., April 14, 2022.
PFOS to near zero, replac- Associated Press
ing 2016 guidelines that
had set them at 70 parts aging, carpets and fire- and territories to apply for contaminants in drinking tractor training and instal-
per trillion. The chemicals fighting foam $1 billion under the new bi- water. Money can be used lation of centralized treat-
are found in products in- At the same time, the partisan infrastructure law for technical assistance, ment, officials said.
cluding cardboard pack- agency is inviting states to address PFAS and other water quality testing, con- Continued on next page