Overview

• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin unveiled a broad strategy to combat PFAS contamination, focusing on reducing exposure and improving accountability.
• The plan introduces discharge limits for PFAS producers and metal finishers to curb environmental contamination.
• An EPA lead will be designated to oversee PFAS efforts, including advancing testing methods, updating guidelines, and closing data gaps.
• The agency is considering adding PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory and working with Congress to establish a polluter-pays liability framework.
• PFAS, linked to serious health issues such as cancer and organ dysfunction, have been detected in 45% of U.S. tap water and in the bloodstreams of 97% of Americans.