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in 2011 approved the use of these chemicals, used to ease the flow of oil from the ground, despite the agency’s own grave concerns about their toxicity, according to the documents, which were reviewed by The New York Times.

approvals came despite the agency’s own concerns about toxicity.įor much of the past decade, oil companies engaged in drilling and fracking have been allowed to pump into the ground chemicals that, over time, can break down into toxic substances known as PFAS - a class of long-lasting compounds known to pose a threat to people and wildlife - according to internal documents from the Environmental Protection Agency. As the founder and co-chair of the PFAS bipartisan task force, Kildee has previously introduced legislation to set a national drinking water standard for PFAS, clean-up efforts and detect PFAS contamination at other sites across the country.The compounds can form PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer and birth defects.

House of Representatives, Republicans and Democrats passed the PFAS Action Act, but this important legislation is being blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Trump Administration, who continue to side with corporate polluters over protecting public health.”Ĭongressman Kildee has worked with Republicans and Democrats at all levels of government to address PFAS chemical contamination. Many communities, including Oscoda in my district as well as others across the country, are waiting for real action. “Sadly, the Trump Administration and the EPA have largely given lip-service to cleaning up PFAS chemicals. “The American people deserve immediate action by the Trump Administration to protect public health and address toxic PFAS chemicals,” Congressman Kildee said. House of Representatives has passed important legislation to address PFAS chemicals, including the PFAS Action Act, President Trump has threatened to veto this bipartisan legislation.Ī report card released and prepared by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, details EPA’s failure to meet the commitments it set for itself a year ago, thus requiring Congressional action. The EPA has approved the manufacture of at least 15 new PFAS in the past three years under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), but a TSCA rule first proposed in 2015 that limits new, harmful uses of PFAS has still not been finalized.

5-year-old EPA proposals to limit PFAS uses still aren’t final.

Key studies about the toxicity of specific PFAS chemicals that were supposed to be completed in 2019 have been delayed.

PFAS toxicity studies have been delayed.

Reportedly, Trump Administration officials are actively blocking this proposal. EPA has yet to submit to the OMB a proposed rule designating PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law despite repeatedly promising to do so.

No regulations to clean up PFAS have been issued.

The PFAS Action Plan stated that this would be completed by the end of 2019. In December 2019, EPA sent a proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on whether a drinking water regulation for PFOA and PFOS should be written.

A decision whether to regulate PFAS in drinking water has not been made public.

One year ago-on February 14, 2019-EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler unveiled EPA’s PFAS Action Plan, saying, “the PFAS Action Plan is the most comprehensive cross-agency plan to address an emerging chemical of concern ever undertaken by EPA.” But since then, the plan’s promises have largely gone unfulfilled, including: Environmental Protection Agency to more urgently act to protect the American people from toxic levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Trump Administration Continues to Delay, Block Real Progress on Addressing PFAS ChemicalsĬongressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus and co-chair of the bipartisan PFAS Task Force, today called on the U.S.