2016 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 07:37:19 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs: EPA issues health advisory level of 70 parts per trillion
 
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the release of lifetime health advisories (HAs) and health effects support documents for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS). EPA developed the HAs to assist federal, state, tribal and local officials, and managers of drinking water systems in protecting public health when these chemicals are present in drinking water. EPA’s HAs, which identify the concentration of PFOA and PFOS in drinking water at or below which adverse health effects are not anticipated to occur over a lifetime of exposure, are: 0.07 parts per billion (70 parts per trillion) for PFOA and PFOS. HAs are non-regulatory and reflect EPA’s assessment of the best available peer-reviewed science. These HAs supersede EPA’s 2009 provisional HAs for PFOA and PFOS.”

For more information, see
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/drinking-water-health-advisories-pfoa-and-pfos



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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