They’re everywhere, they don’t break down naturally, and they cause disease: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) “forever chemicals”.

Environmental groups urge GA-EPD to finalize forever chemical limits at least as stringent as 2024 federal limits 2025-12-17.

We urge GA-EPD to set real limits on forever chemicals:

In sum, why should Georgia residents be left with no choice but to drink contaminated water just because their drinking water did not have the “correct” type of PFAS contamination? We don’t believe they should. Accordingly, we urge EPD to promulgate MCLs for all six of the federally regulated PFAS compounds that are at least as stringent as the April 10, 2024 federal regulations.

Environmental groups urge GA-EPD to limit forever chemicals 2025-12-17, at least as stringent as 2024 federal limits

What you can do:

• Waterkeeper Alliance: Tell Congress to Pass the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act!
• EWG: Ask Congress to Stop the Spread of PFAS Contamination!
• WWALS: sign up for testing of private wells.

Debra Tann and John Quarterman look at the site where water runs off from Moody Air Force Base. Photo: Derrek Vaughn, The Valdosta Daily Times. 2019-01-18

The problem:

• U.S. EPA recognizes sewage sludge on farmland among human health risks of PFOA and PFOS forever chemicals 2025-01-14.
• Spill from Chemours Trail Ridge South TiO2 mine SE of Starke, FL 2024-01-30.
• PFAS in the Santa Fe River Basin in Florida.
• EPA Proposed PFAS NPDWR Public Hearing 2023-05-04.
• PFAS in sewage sludge as fertilizer 2023-03-30.
• PFAS forever chemicals are in everything –WUFT 2023-02-14.
• PFAS in fish in Alapaha River 2023-01-17
• Forever chemical residue can even be in your house lot 2022-11-27
• Forever chemicals contaminate Withlacoochee River in Georgia and Florida 2022-10-18
• PFAS contamination may be much more widespread than previously known 2022-10-12
• Forever chemicals in rainwater everywhere 2022-08-02
• Report chemical constituents for forensic PFAS source identification –WWALS to U.S. EPA 2021-09-27.
• PFAS fixes to wastewater treatment could keep drug residue out of rivers 2021-08-11.
• Moody AFB and Lowndes County on U.S. PFAS contamination map 2019-05-06
• Georgia legislature passed a firefighting foam regulation bill 2019-03-28
• Tank fire shortage of toxic PFAS firefighting foam at Houston Ship Channel 2019-03-19
• EPA kicks PFAS regulation a year down the road 2019-02-14
• Testing for firefighting chemicals in wells and waterways 2019-01-18
• AJC at Moody AFB about groundwater contamination 2018-12-07
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