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Industries that discharge toxic PFOA and PFOS compounds into the environment will now be held legally and financially responsible for the contamination, according to a final rule issued by the EPA today. The Department of Defense is also subject to the new requirements. PFOA and PFOS are now classified as hazardous substances under Superfund law, […] The post Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS appeared first on Maine Morning Star.

The Biden administration on Friday designated two pervasive pollutants as “hazardous substances” — making it easier to put companies that dumped them on the hook for cleanup costs. The move, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), designates two types of PFAS as hazardous under the nation’s legacy pollution law. PFAS, which stands for per-and polyfluoroalkyl…

Four wells in Kalispell tested positive last month for what are known as forever chemicals, though only one shows levels above limits newly set by the Biden administration, city officials say.

WASHINGTON (WV News) — For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken action to limit public exposure to "forever chemicals."

Industries that discharge toxic PFOA and PFOS compounds into the environment will now be held legally and financially responsible for the contamination, according to a final rule issued by the EPA today. The Department of Defense is also subject to the new requirements. PFOA and PFOS are now classified as hazardous substances under Superfund law, […] The post Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS appeared first on NC Newsline.