{"id":2866,"date":"2019-04-23T15:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2019-04-24T07:38:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T11:38:31","slug":"pennsylvania-latest-state-test-drinking-water-pfas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/pennsylvania-latest-state-test-drinking-water-pfas\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Becomes Latest State to Test Drinking Water for PFAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>WQP<\/em>\u00a0recently reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wqpmag.com\/drinking-water\/pennsylvania-test-pfas-drinking-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania (PA) regulators have announced a plan<\/a> to begin testing state water supplies deemed most likely to have PFAS contamination. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2019\/04\/pennsylvania-plans-to-begin-testing-drinking-water-for-pfas-toxins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to <em>Penn Live<\/em><\/a>, over 300 different drinking water supplies will be tested for the chemicals and the state had already previously been monitoring &#8220;19 known contamination sources&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>With the Environmental Protection Agency<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/epa-outlines-pfas-action-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> (EPA) not officially regulating PFAS contamination in drinking water<\/a>, more states are taking action to ensure the safety of citizens\u2014with Pennsylvania becoming the latest. In a written statement, Pennsylvania\u00a0Environmental Secretary Patrick McDonnell said: &#8220;DEP [Department of Environmental Protection] will not hesitate to step up when the federal government fails to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Penn Live<\/em> also reports that, in March, a resident of York County, PA, had their tap water tested for PFAS chemicals and the results showed\u00a0combined PFAS\/PFOA levels of 186 parts per trillion. In contrast, the EPA has established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/ground-water-and-drinking-water\/drinking-water-health-advisories-pfoa-and-pfos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lifetime exposure to PFOA and PFOS drinking water &#8220;health advisory levels&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0at 70 parts per trillion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saferstates.com\/toxic-chemicals\/pfas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the website <em>Safer States<\/em><\/a>, which tracks the policies different states have in place to combat exposure to PFAS chemicals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the EPA still not regulating PFAS contamination, more states are taking action to keep the chemicals 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