The complaint, filed October 29 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) under the Information Quality Act, calls the EPA’s claims that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is no longer produced or imported by the US “inaccurate, incomplete, and misleading.” PEER demands that the agency within 90 days retract or offer a defense for the information on its website.
“It is the height of hypocrisy for EPA to pretend these chemicals are no longer being manufactured when they are permeating our chain of commerce,” Kyla Bennett, PEER’s science policy director, said in a statement. “EPA’s conflicted position epitomizes an approach to PFAS control that is both irresolute and irresponsible.”
