The actor, who has raised awareness of the dangers of PFAS through the 2019 film 'Dark Waters' and advocacy efforts, said in a statement, 'We have all paid for decades — in the forms of higher health care costs and higher drinking water bills — for one of the greatest environmental crimes in history.'
, to designate two “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer and other health issues, as hazardous substances under the Superfund law.
The EPA’s proposed rule will require that releases of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds into soil or water be reported to federal, state or tribal officials if they meet or exceed certain levels, which could facilitate cleanup efforts. While the two compounds, PFOA and PFOS, part of a larger class of PFAS “forever chemicals,” have been voluntarily phased out by U.S. manufacturers, the substances don’t degrade in the
and instead accumulate in humans and animals over time, and are believed to be in the blood of 99 percent of Americans.
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