The EcoWaste Coalition and other environmental organizations are seeking to ban the manufacture and use of cancer-causing per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which contaminate the natural environment. | FArgosinoINQ
“Because of their widespread use, they have been detected in most places on the planet and have been found in rainwater, groundwater, and other drinking water at unsafe levels in many locations,” they added.
“Banning the further production and use of all PFAS and cleaning up past and current releases of PFAS should be a top priority to address this horrendous threat to human health and the environment,” they stressed.
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