Biden Administration Introduces New Strategy to Tackle PFAS Chemicals Contamination
In a recent announcement made by the Biden administration in the US a new strategy was laid down for grappling with the widespread contamination from the toxic “forever chemicals”. The strategy aims to stop future contamination at its source. The plan for dealing with the chemicals known as Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) represents a stark contrast from the strategy which the Trump administration was following to deal with harmful chemicals. The Trump strategy struggled to reassure communities and legislators that it was proactively dealing with the problem. In the previous strategy chemical industry officials were placed in key regulatory positions and they were leaning more towards the industry requests. Most notably, there has been shift in the new plan as it makes aggressive use of powerful new authorities which the congress granted in 2016 for regulation of chemical manufacturers. Previously when the industry officials took office in key regulatory bodies, the admi...