Coalition Applauds EPA Action to Protect People from Toxic PFAS
Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition
Contact: Lindsey Bacigal, BacigalL@nwf.org, (734) 887-7113
Jordan Lubetkin, Lubetkin@nwf.org, (734) 904-1589
Coalition Applauds EPA Action to Protect People from Toxic PFAS
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (April 10, 2024)—The EPA today announced new clean water protections to prevent toxic PFAS chemicals from contaminating public drinking water supplies and threating the health of people and communities. Clamping down on toxic pollution like PFAS is a top priority for the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition.
Laura Rubin, director of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, said:
“We commend the EPA and Biden Administration for taking strong action to protect the health of people, communities, and the Great Lakes, by putting a stop to health-threatening and cancer-causing toxic PFAS pollution. Today’s action is a powerful reminder that in order to protect the health of the Great Lakes and the waters we all depend on for our drinking water, health, jobs, and quality of life, we need both robust federal investments and strong clean water protections to prevent new threats from harming people and undermining progress.
“The Biden Administration’s actions to clamp down on toxic pollution and to provide resources to water utilities to help protect drinking water supplies are important steps to ensure that people in cities and towns have access to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water. Today’s announcement builds on the federal government’s annual investments to restore and protect the Great Lakes, which have been producing results for communities across the region. But serious threats remain, which is why we need both robust federal investments and strong clean water protections so that problems don’t get worse and more expensive to solve.”
In addition to the new protections to keep toxic PFAS out of drinking water supplies, the Biden Administration is supplying billions of dollars of federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help water utilities prevent toxic PFAS from contaminating drinking water.
Since 2004, the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition has been harnessing the collective power of more than 185 groups representing millions of people, whose common goal is to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Learn more at HealthyLakes.org or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads @HealthyLakes.
