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PFAS has also been found in high concentrations at the country’s military bases. The US Department of Defense says it has spent more than $1.5 billion on PFAS-related research and cleanup efforts. In the body, the chemicals primarily settle into the blood, kidneys and liver. A 2007 study ...

Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that works on environmental ethics and scientific integrity issues, said this latest move from the EPA is merely a baby step in the fight to end PFAS pollution. “EPA actions are too ...

Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that works on environmental ethics and scientific integrity issues, said this latest move from the EPA is merely a baby step in the fight to end PFAS pollution. “EPA actions are too ...

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… ...

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,” ...

“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. ...