In 2021, the EPA announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, which outlined a strategy for cleaning up PFAS contamination and curbing the further spread of the toxic chemicals into the environment. This spring, the agency set enforceable limits for six PFAS chemicals in drinking water. Earlier this month the EPA granted a petition from environmental groups, stating that it would promptly initiate a proceeding under the Toxic Substances Control Act to address concerns about PFAS leaching from fluorinated containers.
After testing 10 pesticide products for PFAS, the agency released a memo in May 2023 stating that it did not find any PFAS in the products. The agency may have incorrectly reported some of these PFAS test results, alleges the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which said it obtained testing data through a Freedom of Information Act request that shows the EPA had actually found PFAS in the products it tested.
