Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS

Industries that discharge toxic PFOA and PFOS compounds into the environment will now be held legally and financially responsible for the contamination, according to a final rule issued by the EPA April 19. The Department of Defense is also subject to the new requirements. PFOA and PFOS are now classified as hazardous substances under Superfund […] The post Polluters must pay to clean up areas contaminated with PFOA, PFOS appeared first on Virginia Mercury.

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