Environmental protection organizations are quick to point out that the EPA’s proposed limits do little to mitigate a much larger problem. In a statement released on March 14, 2023, in response to the EPA’s announcement, Public Employees for Environmental Protection (PEER) stated that the proposed drinking water limits do not go far enough. “EPA’s proposed regulations are baby steps forward, but are too little and too late,” said Kyla Bennett, PEER’s director of science policy, noting that at least 14,000 PFAS have been identified and the proposed regulation addresses just six of them. “The few PFAS we have studied are toxic, and all PFAS are persistent, so to protect human health and the environment, EPA needs to turn off the PFAS tap as soon as possible.” PEER is the same organization that in October 2020 released a report warning of PFAS in Delray Beach’s municipal water supply. At the time, levels were 49 ppt within the 70 ppt guidance by the EPA.
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