From a powerful chemical industry that helped write the toxic substances law to an underfunded EPA lacking in resolve, the flaws in the American chemical regulatory apparatus run deep.
A federal loophole is keeping Mainers in the dark about which manufacturers are discharging PFAS in their waste as the state prepares to spend millions to address contamination.
Dissatisfied with the federal government’s lack of progress, states, including Massachusetts, have taken the regulation of toxic chemicals into their own hands.