Tag: public water safety

EPA Seeks Comments on Draft Recommendations for PFAS in Water Bodies

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Jan 23, 2025 Chemicals

Updated: Jan 23, 2025

On December 19, 2024, the EPA announced draft national recommendations for health-based levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water bodies. The recommendations cover three PFAS: PFAS are a large class of thousands of synthetic chemicals that have been in use in the United States and around the world since the 1940s. PFAS’ ability to […]

The EPA’s New PFAS Analytic Tools

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Jan 26, 2023 Chemicals

Updated: Jan 26, 2023

The EPA unveiled new website tools, the PFAS Analytic Tools, this month.  Designed to help the “public, researchers, and other stakeholders better understand potential PFAS sources in their communities,” the tools provide “multiple sources of information in one spot with mapping, charting, and filtering functions,” which allows the public to see where testing has been […]