The $75 million that President Joe Biden seeks for next year to study “forever chemicals” and help states deal with contamination is sparking mixed reactions among environmental groups demanding federal action and support from the chemical industry.
A summary of Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request released Friday says the administration seeks about $75 million “to accelerate toxicity studies and research to inform the regulatory development of designating PFAS as hazardous substances.”
PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a large group of chemicals. Some linger for years in people’s bodies and the environment, build up in the food chain, and ...
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