Bloomberg Law
Jan. 28, 2020, 8:49 PM

Why Action on ‘Forever Chemicals’ Is Taking So Long: QuickTake

Tiffany Kary
Tiffany Kary
Bloomberg News
Adam M. Taylor
Adam M. Taylor
Bloomberg News

What do you do about lab-made chemicals that are in 99% of people in the U.S. and have been linked to immune system problems and cancer? Whose bonds are so stable that they’re often called “forever chemicals“? Meet PFAS, a class of chemicals that some scientists call the next PCB or DDT. For consumers, they are best known in products like Scotchgard and Teflon. For businesses, PFAS are a puzzle that has already created billions of dollars worth of liabilities. But 70 years of unchecked proliferation may be ending as both the U.S. Congress and the Environmental Protection ...

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