New Jersey PFOA, PFNA Drinking Water Standards May Speed EPA Action

摘要

A New Jersey advisory board is recommending a state drinking water standard for one persistent perfluorinated chemical, perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and is working towards a recommendation for a second, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) - both thought to be first-time standards for the chemicals and actions that could increase pressure on EPA to develop national limits, sources say. EPA has been working on drinking water standards for PFOA and a related chemical, perfiuorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), for years. Last summer the agency's draft assessment of the chemicals underwent a peer review, but the document has yet to be finalized. New Jersey's pending drinking water standards for the chemicals are thought to be the first in the nation, spurred by high levels of water contamination near chemical plants.