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Elissa Slotkin: “The establishment of these new EPA standards was one of the…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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September 16, 2024 PFAS Telephone Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 07:08

And if the detected levels are too high, steps will have to be taken to bring them down to safe levels. It's not an overstatement to say that The establishment of these new EPA standards was one of the biggest victories we've scored in a decades-long effort to clean up PFAS in our communities. For a lot of states, this will mean a scramble to bring themselves into compliance and likely a period before that happens where the residents will continue drinking, drinking, you know, drinking water that is above recommended levels. (07:08–07:19)

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Asserts that new EPA standards are a major victory in PFAS cleanup efforts.

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