A health department spokesman, on background, said the state was acting on the belief that the EPA sets health advisory levels at levels far lower than a level expected to cause health effects. (politico.com)
«EPA is currently using the best science to develop a lifetime health advisory level for PFOA, which the agency expects to release in spring 2016,» said Mears, the EPA's spokeswoman. (timesunion.com)
In one email, Politico reports a Trump administration aide said the release of the study that would reportedly call for a lower health advisory level for PFAS chemicals would cause a «public relations nightmare.» (wamc.org)