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EPA Will Regulate ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

February 20, 2020 / by

Rebecca Beitsch /

The Hill

Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in an article regarding the regulation of forever chemicals such as PFAS and PFOS. 

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