Preventing PFAS Pollution

PFAS chemicals have been dubbed “forever chemicals”, because they are extremely persistent, lasting thousands of years in the environment. Small amounts of the toxic chemicals can cause many serious health problems. Clean Water is working at the national and state level to stop PFAS pollution at the source.

 

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Tackling California's PFAS Problem

You may never have heard of PFAS, but they're a class of toxic chemicals that are everywhere. These man-made chemicals have traveled through the environment into the far reaches of the world, and they don’t break down and go away, which is why they're called “forever” chemicals.
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Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund Comments on EPA Proposed Drinking Water Regulations for PFAS Chemicals, May 2023

Read public comment submitted by Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund to EPA in response to the first ever proposed national standards for regulating PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

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In This Issue: A Message From Bob Wendelgass & Welcome to our New President/CEO Jeff Carter | Progress in Getting Lead Out of Drinking Water Systems | Ohio Train Wreck Could Be Biden’s Chance to Champion Chemical Safety | Ensuring America’s Water Infrastructure is Equitable, Modernized, and Resilient | Victory! EPA Proposes Protective Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal Plants in Response to Our Litigation | Congress Votes to Nullify Clean Water Restoration Rule | The Burden of Cleaning up PFAS Shouldn’t Just Fall on Drinking Water Systems and Their Customers | State & Regional News

PFAS: Coping with California's "Forever Chemicals" Crisis

California has a major PFAS crisis impacting the environment and public health: virtually all Californians have PFAS in their bodies, and the chemicals have been detected in at least 146 public water systems serving 16 million people.

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