EPA Unveils National Strategy to Confront PFAS Contamination

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan recently announced the agency’s comprehensive Strategic Roadmap to confront per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination nationwide. The Roadmap is the result of a thorough analysis conducted by the EPA Council on PFAS that Regan established in April. EPA’s Roadmap is centered on three guiding strategies: Increase investments in research, leverage authorities to take action now to restrict PFAS chemicals from being released into the environment, and accelerate the cleanup of PFAS contamination. “For far too long, families across America — especially those in underserved communities — have suffered from PFAS in their water, their air,