EPA vows action on toxic drinking water but plans could take years

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Source: The Guardian

Trump administration to spend at least another year considering whether to restrict toxic chemicals found in drinking water

The Trump administration plans to spend at least another year considering whether to restrict toxic chemicals increasingly found in drinking water across the country, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced.

The chemicals – known as PFOS and PFOA – are found in nonstick pots and pans, food packaging, and firefighting foam sprayed in drills on military bases. They seep into soil and groundwater in areas where they are manufactured and used.

In high levels, the chemicals are linked with kidney and testicular cancer, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, high cholesterol and problems in pregnancy. The chemicals are so prevalent that they are estimated to be in the bloodstreams of nearly all Americans.

EPA’s assistant administrator of water, David Ross, told reporters on Thursday that the agency plans to publish a proposal about setting a maximum level of the chemicals allowed in drinking water. Ross said EPA’s intent is to set a limit. But the full regulatory process could take years, and the agency could ultimately decide against establishing a requirement.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/14/epa-toxic-chemicals-pfos-pfoa-delay

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Maybe the asshole on "executive time, should go to Flint and try some of that water, or better yet go down into the bayou of Florida, right near is fucking crime enterprise golf resort, because now there is a developer down there that has gotten permission to drill near the Okeechobee lake......................for oil.................because his criminal enterprise resort gets there water from that lake , what could possibly go wrong.....................

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1. The Latest: Senate to hold hearings on toxic chemical plan

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Senate to hold hearings on toxic chemical plan

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan for dealing with long-lasting chemicals known as PFAS (all times local):

10:35 a.m.

The chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee says a plan outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency is only a first step toward protecting the public from highly toxic chemicals in drinking water.

GOP Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming says the panel will conduct a hearing this spring on the blueprint announced Thursday by Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.

Barrasso says the agency must “speak clearly” about risks posed by a class of chemicals known as PFAS and must be willing to take “decisive action” where warranted.

Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire says the plan “falls short of delivering the certainty” that people exposed to PFAS contamination deserve. She says it lacks a commitment to develop enforceable drinking water standards.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/97add66acd844f0794a1eb5ee3d2c182

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2. Thanks for the information..............

Since I use to live in Wyoming where this "guy" lives, I wonder if he has been to the fracking wells that turn the land dead, since they inject "stuff" into the wells to get at the oil, or the place near Casper called Salt Creek, where all the wells are, or if he remembers the old Texaco plant that was polluting the ground water out Evansville and the Platte , and they had to go out 5 miles to give the development out of town drinking water, or he might have forgotten that fact .............. I am assuming so, since he lives in the town........................I will wait and see what he will do, I am not going to hold my breath, after all he confirmed this Wheeler "guy" an "oil" "guy".