EPA recently ordered Inhance Technologies, based in Houston, to stop producing PFAS in the manufacture of plastic bottles made with HDPE. These bottles, labeled with the number 2, often contain milk, shampoo, soap, detergent and motor oil. The EPA said that three of the compounds that Inhance manufactures – PFOA, PFNA and PFDA – “are highly toxic and present unreasonable risks that cannot be prevented other than through prohibition of manufacture.”
The EPA’s directive was the result of a lawsuit brought by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Environmental Health.
