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Toxic Chemicals
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Government panel calls for limiting federal purchases of products with ‘forever chemicals’

An influential federal advisory committee is recommending that federal agencies phase out the purchase of products containing the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
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Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

PFAS in drinking water

What did the EPA announce? The EPA just posted the results of water tests for 29 per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, in over 2,000 public water systems that provide tap water to...

Chemical Policy
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

As veterans grapple with toxic exposures, demand for health care surges

One year ago today, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinsons Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, or PACT Act. He heralded the law as the...
Water
PFAS Chemicals

Over 100 groups press Biden administration to set ‘forever chemicals’ drinking water standards without further delay

WASHINGTON – More than 100 community and environmental organizations, including the Environmental Working Group, today urged the Biden administration to swiftly propose standards to protect drinking...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Over 50 groups urge Biden administration to ramp up Department of Defense cleanups

The Environmental Working Group, along with other community and environmental organizations, have sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget and the Council on Environmental Quality stating...

Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

U.S. government’s $650 billion buying power could move markets to PFAS-free products

Curbing the needless use of the toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS could end their cycle of contamination, and the U.S. government has an extraordinary ability to move markets to PFAS-free...
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