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Elissa Slotkin: “When the EPA gives us a different standard, then we'll act…”

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

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PFAS_ The Next Big Thing with Rep. Elissa Slotkin Mi-08

Published | Video Starts at 23:47

I mean, the federal government, the military, you know, obviously is a big part of that will say we can't go, we can't make decisions, one off decisions. We've got all these locations all over the country. When the EPA gives us a different standard, then we'll act and we'll clean up to that standard. Right. I mean, they're pretty blunt about it. And so a community advocating, a community doing its best to speak out and speak to the big Air Force, big army, anyone, will only have limited success when the EPA isn't doing its job. (23:47–23:53)

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Asserts that the military will act and clean up PFAS contamination when the EPA provides a new standard.

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