(C) Common Dreams
This story was originally published by Common Dreams and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .



Polluters Must Pay to Clean Up Toxic PFAS Mess [1]

['Peter Hart']

Date: 2024-04-19

For-profit water corporations should not be exempted from liability

Today the EPA finalized its rule designating PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act), which will grant the agency more power to hold polluters accountable to pay for clean-up costs.

Over the last year, various industries have lobbied for liability waivers to avoid accountability for clean-up costs. This includes the water privatization industry, which spent at least $200,000 in the second half of last year lobbying on PFAS and CERCLA liability exemptions and other matters.

In response, Mary Grant, the Public Water for All Campaign Director at Food & Water Watch said:

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/04/19/polluters-must-pay-to-clean-up-toxic-pfas-mess/

Published and (C) by Common Dreams
Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0..

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/commondreams/

You are viewing proxied material from magical.fish. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.