“Environmental regulators have detected some low levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in St. Mary’s waters after sampling several sites in the St. Mary’s River, but environmental advocates are unsure whether the levels are concerning.
Maryland’s PFAS study in Southern Maryland is misleading, because it did not report all detections and did not look for all 36 PFAS compounds in all samples. “PFAS pollution is a nationwide problem,” Tim Whitehouse, executive director of nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said. “The ultimate responsibility for this mess rests with the [EPA] for failing to regulate these dangerous chemicals and with the industry for minimizing the dangers of PFAS and pushing them into commerce.”
