Attorneys general from California, Colorado, and Oregon say the EPA's plans for how to deal with nonstick chemicals contaminating water supplies doesn't adequately protect public health and could cause many sites to be overlooked.California's Xavier Becerras, Colorado's Philip Weiser, and Oregon's Ellen Rosenblum filed comments June 10 to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler saying draft guidance for per- and polyfluorualkyl substances, or PFAS, was inadequate and the agency was "attempting to wash its hands of its responsibility to protect our communities from dangerous chemicals in our water."
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