Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said PFAS regulations are popping up in states around the nation. States are bearing the brunt of the cost of PFAS contamination, Bennett said, and she thinks the federal government isn’t doing enough.
PEER has been advocating for banning nonessential PFAS and setting standards for air and water quality for the chemical family, including in Colorado.
“In my town here in Massachusetts, we just spent $11.2 million putting in a filtration plant for something that was completely not our fault,” Bennett said. “It’s really the states just trying to stop further contamination — because we simply can’t afford it.”