Jan 16, 2025 · EPA expects that over many years the final rule will prevent PFAS exposure in drinking water for approximately 100 million people, prevent thousands of deaths, and reduce tens of thousands of serious PFAS-attributable illnesses.

Jan 27, 2025 · How to Test Your Water for PFAS . In 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set limits for six different PFAS in drinking water. Limits for PFOA and PFOS, the two PFAS that have historically been used the most in the US, were set at 4 parts per trillion.

Oct 3, 2024 · How to better and more efficiently detect and measure PFAS in our air, water, soil, and fish and wildlife; How much people are exposed to PFAS; How harmful PFAS are to people and the environment; How to remove PFAS from drinking water; How …

Apr 10, 2024 · EPA is taking a signature step to protect public health by establishing legally enforceable levels for several PFAS known to occur individually and as mixtures in drinking water. This rule sets limits for five individual PFAS: PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, and HFPO-DA (also known as “GenX Chemicals”).

Apr 5, 2024 · More than 5,000 sites across the U.S. are polluted with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, creating an urgent national health and environmental crisis. For years, states have led the way in addressing this contamination, with at least 11 setting enforceable drinking water standards.

This fact sheet answers questions about per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water in your home (i.e., tap water). It also includes information about potential health effects associated with PFAS exposure, and ways to limit your …

Jul 5, 2023 · At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.