Examining the Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures

Environment and Public Works: Senate Committee · December 5, 2024

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Hearing called to order; Superfund context and PFAS overview

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Chair opens the subcommittee hearing, frames topic as PFAS pollution and public health; references the 1980 Superfund law signed under President Carter and introduces PFAS as ubiquitous, durable chemicals used in many products and resistant to environmental breakdown.

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The Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee convened a hearing titled "Everyday Exposure: Examining PFAS Pollution and Its Impacts on Human Health" with scientists and industry representatives testifying on the ubiquity of PFAS, documented health effects, remedies for contaminated water, and trade-offs involving essential industrial uses such as firefighting foams and semiconductors.

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