Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report
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Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency recently completed a report on the toxicity of a “forever chemical” called PFNA, which is in the drinking water systems serving some 26 million people.
The assessment found that the “forever chemical” interferes with human development by causing lower birth weights and, based on animal evidence, likely causes damage to the liver and to male reproductive systems, including reductions in testosterone levels, sperm production and the size of reproductive organs.
The report also calculated the amount of PFNA that people could be exposed to without being harmed — a critical measurement that can be used to set limits for cleaning up PFNA contamination in Superfund sites and for removing the chemical from drinking water.
For months, however, the report has sat in limbo, raising concerns among some scientists and environmentalists that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.
The fate of the PFNA report extends to the fate of the IRIS program that conducted it and to the EPA’s handling of toxic chemicals more broadly.
The EPA told ProPublica the report would be published when it was finalized, though the press office did not answer questions about what still needed to be done or when that would likely happen.
Read our full story: [https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report](https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report)
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