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Republicans aim to exempt major polluters from Pfas cleanup costs

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Republicans aim to exempt major polluters from Pfas cleanup costs
Water treatment and landfill companies given chance to make case that EPA rules should not apply to themRepublicans are attempting to exempt some major polluters from paying for Pfas “foreve...
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Water treatment and landfill companies given chance to make case that EPA rules should not apply to them

Republicans are attempting to exempt some major polluters from paying for Pfas “forever chemical” cleanup. If successful, it could mark a major setback in US effort to rein in Pfas pollution.

The Republican-led House energy and commerce committee recently held a hearing at which it invited representatives from the water treatment and landfill industries, among others, to make the case about why they should be exempted from rules that hold polluters financially accountable for the cleanup of two types of dangerous Pfas.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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