PFAS: A Clear and Present Danger

A clear and present — and imminent danger

Donate to Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. Donate to Palmer Report. Palmer Report is leading the way in taking back our country from Donald Trump. Donate nowEighty-two years ago today, as I write this, 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops and 11,000 aircraft, combined with the largest flotilla of warships ever assembled in human history, invaded Europe from the beaches of Normandy. Why did they come? That’s a complex question with man…

PFAS: A Clear and Present Danger

On May 18, the Environmental Protection Agency — whose stated core mission is protecting human health and the environment — proposed repealing federal limits on four types of “forever chemicals” in our drinking water. It also announced it will push compliance deadlines for PFOA and PFOS, the two most notorious of forever chemicals, all the way out to 2031! How is that protecting human health and the environment, you might ask?The chemicals — Gen…