{"id":111421,"date":"2020-03-24T13:45:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg.savethewater.org\/?p=111421"},"modified":"2021-05-15T15:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T19:59:43","slug":"14-rules-the-epa-proposed-to-regulate-pfas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/14-rules-the-epa-proposed-to-regulate-pfas\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Rules the EPA Proposed to Regulate PFAS"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Jamera Bradley, Staff Writer and Researcher for Save The Water\u2122| March 24, 2020<\/p>\n
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are man-made chemicals that make products resistant to the effects of water, stains, and grease. In other words, people come into contact with PFAS throughout their everyday life. For instance, items treated with PFAS can include: food packaging, drinking water, and repellants. Therefore, they can often be ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin. In conclusion, if any of these happen, the exposed person can become at risk for health deterioration (e.g. cancer, decrease in immunity, negative effects on child development, etc.).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With these rules in place, the EPA can help reduce the negative effects of water contamination on human, animal, and plant populations. Therefore, the regulation of harmful PFAS can also decrease the amount of chemicals present in tap water. There are many cities in the United States of America affected by contaminated water. However, if these rules are passed, the EPA may help bring cleaner water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jamera Bradley, Staff Writer and Researcher for Save The Water\u2122| March 24, 2020 Image source: What…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12812,"featured_media":113960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[769,2211,649,1246,1818,652,632,1598,2201,2207,2212,2233,2204,2056,2199,2206,2205,2202,2203,2200],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113961,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111421\/revisions\/113961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111421"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=111421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What Rules did the EPA Propose?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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What Can These Rules Accomplish?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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