For example, if EPA first regulates a category limited to long-chain PFAS before addressing other categories, short-chain PFAS may not be regulated for at least 14 years.

In early 2016, the US Environmental Protection Agency set an immediate goal to reduce the number of animals used to test the toxicity of pesticides. The agency claims that it is making significant ...

EPA: PFAS tests let us ‘do more’ Regan was the DEQ secretary in 2015 when Chemours’ decades-long contamination of the Cape Fear River with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances became public.

The Center for Public Integrity and NPR downloaded AFS data from the EPA Web site in October, and the data are current as of August 2011. To compensate for incomplete data, The Center for Public ...

The EPA said in the statement that it now plans to require PFAS makers to conduct and fund testing for 24 PFAS, a move it says, in effect, "covers 30 of the 54 petition chemicals." ...

Congress orders the Environmental Protection Agency to review the toxicity ratings of some chemicals and improve its process for making such assessments. Login. Subscribe. News; Magazines. An ...

Only a small fraction of chemicals and other toxicants to which people are exposed have undergone formal assessment by the EPA to determine their potential health risks. A new National Academies ...

The case that was decided, Food & Water Watch Inc. v. EPA, came about after the EPA denied a 2016 petition calling for the agency to ban or limit the fluoridation of drinking water. Food & Water Watch ...

EPA: PFAS tests let us ‘do more’ Regan was the DEQ secretary in 2015 when Chemours’ decades-long contamination of the Cape Fear River with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances became public.