Most contaminants placed on the federal candidate and monitoring lists have never received drinking water limits. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental watchdog organization, said its review found that only PFOA and PFOS among more than 200 chemicals or chemical groups placed on candidate lists since 1998 ultimately received federal limits.
“EPA’s Contaminant Candidate List is a regulatory road to nowhere,” PEER Science Policy Director Kyla Bennett said Thursday.