The Latest On: PFAS
Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program, Earthjustice: "There is this kind of circular nature of this contamination. There's very little that we have discovered to effectively manage the PFAS-contaminated waste that we are surrounded by."
Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program, Earthjustice: "The EPA has broad authority under the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act and other laws to aggressively regulate PFAS, and it will be important for this administration to bring all of that authority to bear on this problem."
Eve Gartner, Managing Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “There’s a definite disproportionate and disparate impact of PFAS exposure in some communities.”
Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program, Earthjustice: "It's a logistical nightmare."
Eve Gartner, Managing Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program, Earthjustice: "It appears that OMB aggressively edited the guidance document to make it less protective of human health and the environment and to minimize the scope of a rule that’s intended to protect people from a very toxic class of chemicals."
Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “There has been relatively little attention paid to, how can we safely dispose of the PFAS that already surround us?”
