EPA Weighing Requests to Produce Nine PFAS Chemicals of Concern

At least one company wants the EPA to allow the manufacture of nine types of PFAS the agency currently restricts over health and environmental concerns, according to petitions tucked into an EPA request seeking public comment on production of new chemicals and uses of older ones.

The request follows an Environmental Protection Agency suit in December against Inhance Technologies LLC for continuing to manufacture multiple PFAS, including one of those nine, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which has contaminated sources of drinking water across the US. Eight major companies that previously produced or used PFOA voluntarily agreed to stop doing so years ...