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EPA quietly backtracks on claims US has phased out toxic Pfas compounds

Arabika Newsroom Source: Guardian Environment

Agency changes wording on website as Texas-based firm continues manufacture of plastic container barriersThe Environmental Protection Agency has quietly backtracked on a claim that the US has phased out two of the most dangerous Pfas compounds – Pfoa and Pfos.The EPA has found that virtually no level of exposure to either in drinking water is safe, and the International Agency for Research on Canc

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