Tucked inside the $700 billion defense bill Congress has sent to President Trump is a small item that may lead to tougher regulation of some chemicals that have shown up in Southern California’s water supplies.
The legislation sets aside $7 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to test the long-term health effects of “highly fluorinated compounds” in drinking water , including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), which together are referred to as PFAS s.
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