Article 6GETD US industry disposed of at least 60m pounds of PFAS waste in last five years

US industry disposed of at least 60m pounds of PFAS waste in last five years

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Tom Perkins
from Environment | The Guardian on (#6GETD)

Estimate in new EPA analysis is probably dramatic' undercount because forever chemical' waste is unregulated in US

US industry disposed of at least 60m pounds of PFAS forever chemical" waste over the last five years, and did so with processes that probably pollute the environment around disposal sites, a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data finds.

The 60m pounds estimate is likely to be a dramatic" undercount because PFAS waste is unregulated in the US and companies are not required to record its disposal, the paper's author, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), wrote.

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