The results showed the level of PFOS and other substances exceeded the ministry’s target at all 14 surveyed sites near the U.S. Kadena Air Base, which straddles Okinawa, Kadena, Chatan and other ...

"PFAS are incredibly persistent," says Erika Schreder, science director for Toxic-Free Future ... Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) was the other most widely detected and produced PFAS class ...

This risk assessment is not independently enforceable and, once final, will inform EPA’s future actions to reduce risk from PFOA and PFOS in biosolids. Public comments on the draft risk assessment ...