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Pfas levels in the US are far below where they were in 2000. We are making solid progress.
by maxerickson 2y ago
Pfas levels in the US are far below where they were in 2000. We are making solid progress.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoI would not disagree we are making progress, but people will still be harmed and die from drinking water PFAS until remediated. Do we agree on that point? > EPA Administrator Michael Regan last month made one of his agency's strongest statements to date about the danger of "forever chemicals." New restrictions on those pollutants in drinking water would "prevent thousands of deaths and prevent tens of thousands of serious PFAS-related illnesses," Regan said. https://www.epa.gov/pfas/key-epa-actions-address-pfas https://www.epa.gov/pfas/key-epa-actions-address-pfas https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/tap-water-study-detects-pfas-forever-chemicals-across-us https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/tap-water-st... https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-024-01074-2 https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-... https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP10393 https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP10393
- maxerickson 2y agoI don't know what your intent with those links is? Are you arguing that my characterization is wrong? That nothing matters but 0? Please note that I wrote my comment before you edited in text. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/us-population.html https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/us-population....
- maxerickson 2y agoDo we agree on that point? So why are you balking at committing resources towards doing what is needed? Back and forth and back again.