Delaware Riverkeeper Network Statement Environmental Protection Agency PFAS Health Advisory Level Updates
June 17, 2022
June 17, 2022
BRISTOL, Pennsylvania, June 17 (TNSpol) -- The Delaware Riverkeeper Network issued the following news release on June 15, 2022:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its health advisory levels (HALs) for PFOA and PFOS today and issued final HALs for two compounds that companies are currently using as replacements - the GenX compounds and PFBS. The new interim levels are dramatically lower than EPA's previous PFOA and PFOS HALs - from 70 parts per trillion (ppt) . . .
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its health advisory levels (HALs) for PFOA and PFOS today and issued final HALs for two compounds that companies are currently using as replacements - the GenX compounds and PFBS. The new interim levels are dramatically lower than EPA's previous PFOA and PFOS HALs - from 70 parts per trillion (ppt) . . .