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Resident urges Brunswick County to press congressional delegation to defend EPA PFAS drinking-water standards
Summary
A Brunswick County mother told commissioners she has been harmed by PFAS, warned the EPA may rescind or delay standards for several PFAS chemicals and asked the county to call on the congressional delegation to uphold current drinking-water rules; she cited a local water test reading of about 285 nanograms per deciliter.
Carla White, a Brunswick County resident and mother, urged the county to oppose what she described as proposed rollbacks to Environmental Protection Agency drinking-water standards for several PFAS chemicals.
"PFAS... are linked to cancer, harm to children and infants, harm to pregnant mothers," White said during public comment, adding that communities have "waited decades for safeguards against toxic... chemicals." White said her family has been harmed by PFAS pollution and that her household’s drinking-water test measured about "285 nanograms per deciliter." She asked the board to "join us in calling on [the] congressional delegation to urge the EPA to uphold and swiftly implement the existing PFAS drinking water standards."
White said the county is likely to receive treatment upgrades to address PFAS, but that changes at the federal level could affect how much of the cleanup cost falls to polluters versus ratepayers. The transcript records the request as a public comment; no formal county action was recorded on this matter during the session.
