EPA to list PFAS chemicals as hazardous, increasing toxic liability

by MLive | August 26, 2022
Tim Whitehouse, director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), called the move “too little and too late” and advocated for the EPA to regulate PFAS a hazardous “waste” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Read the PEER Story… ...

EPA announces proposal to label toxic ‘forever chemicals’ as ‘hazardous substances’

by Alternet |
Tim Whitehouse, who serves as the executive director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, also insisted the EPA’s latest directive is small effort part of a bigger effort bring an end to PFAS pollution. “EPA actions are too little and too late,” ...

EPA finally moves to label some ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous

“Since EPA does not appear to be ready to regulate all PFAS as a class, it may be condemned to playing a futile game of regulatory whack-a-mole for generations to come,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. ...

Polluters could pay billions in fines for PFAS cleanup under new Biden plan

Though most environmental groups applauded the move, the EPA’s actions “are too little and too late,” said Timothy Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a former EPA attorney. The hazardous waste designation addresses only two ...

EPA expands PFAS crackdown with Superfund proposal

by E&E News |
Not all advocates were so thrilled. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called the move “too little, too late.” He underscored that the action does not extend to the wider world of PFAS chemistry, even as thousands of compounds ...
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