National PFAS Standards Are Needed to Protect Our Drinking Water

摘要

The chemicals industry supports the need for and development of federal standards to regulate PFAS in the nation’s drinking water, says Steve Risotto, American Chemistry Council. Hesays the current patchwork of standards announced by states in recent months is causing public confusion.At a recent Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, federal lawmakers, state officials, and advocates called for federal action to reduce the public’s exposure tomembers of the family of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS) considered to present a health risk.Perhaps the most effective way to accomplish this goal is for the Environmental Protection Agency to establish national drinking water standards for specific PFAS that meet key criteriaunder the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).