Environmental Protection Network Applauds Revisions to Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Environmental Protection Network is Encouraged by EPA’s Restrictions on PFAS in Drinking Water and Urges Continued Focus on Polluters
EPN Comments on National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements
EPN Provides Oral Comments on EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Former EPA Director of Science and Technology Responds to Proposed LCR Improvements
EPN Writes Letter to National Drinking Water Advisory Council re: PFAS Water Rule
EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
EPN Expresses Scientific Concerns about WHO Draft Provisional Drinking Water Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS
EPN Submits Comments on WHO Draft Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS in Drinking Water
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Drinking Water
Sludge Contaminated 10,000 Acres of Farmland. What Should Be Done?
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in the New York Times. For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”
EPA Limits Remain on ‘Forever Chemicals’ – For Now. See What’s In Your Drinking Water.
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in USA Today. “More than 37 million Americans drink water from systems that exceed limits on toxic “forever chemicals,” according to USA TODAY’s analysis of the first update of Environmental Protection Agency data under the Trump administration.”
Republicans Move to Repeal Lead Limits Imposed by Biden-Era Rules
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in The Guardian about congressional Republican efforts to repeal multiple EPA rules via the Congressional Review Act, including the mandate to replace all lead service lines by 2028.
Why ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are So Hard to Regulate
Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 1, was quoted in Newsweek about the challenges of regulating PFAS as a class of chemicals and why industry will continue to create new forms of PFAS if there is no government pressure to seek alternatives.