Environmental racism in communities of color is well documented.
suggest the chemicals cause damage to the liver and immune system, while others link them to high cholesterol, birth defects and kidney or testicular cancer. Still, scientists are studying their potential long-term health impacts.
In March, the EPA proposed new rules to limit concentrations of six types of forever chemicals in drinking water. “This action has the potential to prevent tens of thousands of PFAS-related illnesses and marks a major step toward safeguarding all our communities from these dangerous contaminants,” said EPA administrator Michael Regan at the time. The regulation is set to be finished by the end of 2023.
The proposed EPA rules establish a concentration limit of four parts per trillion to certain forever chemicals in drinking water. But the Harvard study estimates that around 25 percent of the population in the 18 states analyzed were served drinking water with PFAS concentrations of more than five parts per trillion. That means that a quarter of the population in those states was being exposed to unsafe levels of chemicals.
The authors of the Harvard study said the new EPA rules must take into account the new data on how these chemicals disproportionately impact minorities. “[Environmental justice] should be considered in the upcoming regulations for PFAS in drinking water,” said Jahred Liddie, a PhD student in population health sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the lead author of the report, in a press release.
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