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How the dispute is resolved has potentially enormous consequences for what one official has called "one of the most seminal public health challenges" of coming decades. with @julieturkewitz nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/…
Sen Tom Carper, Democrat of Delaware, and the ranking Dem on Senate committee that oversees EPA, has written a letter to EPA going over the debate here. Read that letter here. documentcloud.org/documents/5767…
Many people in the United States might never have heard of PFAS-a chemical used in everything from nonstick pans to firefighting foam. But you know it well. It is likely in your bloodstream. Millions drink PFAS contaminated water.
So why should you care? Check this out. From the CDC.
Here is another recent piece on this topic from The NYT, by my colleague @julieturkewitz nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/…
DOD Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan is questioned this morning at Senate Armed Services hearing by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of NH abt PFAS and DOD and effort to weaken groundwater standard. Here is the clip
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