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Get Upstream of the ProblemĮPA will bring deeper focus to preventing PFAS from entering the environment in the first place-a foundational step to reducing the exposure and potential risks of future PFAS contamination.

#Committed action full#

Our approach is centered on the following principles: Consider the Lifecycle of PFASĮPA will account for the full lifecycle of PFAS, their unique properties, the ubiquity of their uses, and the multiple pathways for exposure.

Rather, the EPA needs to use every tool in its tool box. EPA cannot solve the problem of “forever chemicals” by tackling one route of exposure or one use at a time. The Council is comprised of senior technical and policy leaders from across EPA program offices and Regions and is chaired by Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox and Acting Region 1 Administrator Deb Szaro.ĮPA’s approach is shaped by the unique challenges posed by PFAS contamination.The PFAS Council developed the PFAS Strategic Roadmap to lay out EPA’s whole-of-agency approach to tackling PFAS and set timelines by which the Agency plans to take concrete actions during the first term of the Biden-Harris Administration to deliver results for the American people.Office of Land and Emergency ManagementĮPA Administrator Michael Regan established the EPA Council on PFAS in April 2021 and charged it to develop a bold, strategic, whole-of-EPA strategy to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of PFAS.Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.View the slides from EPA-hosted webinars: Webinar: PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA's Commitments to Action 2021-2024 (pdf) (864.63 KB, October 2021).Learn about EPA actions and accomplishments since January 20, 2021.Read an overview of the PFAS Strategic Roadmap and learn more about key actions below, or read the complete.Cumulatively, these actions will build upon one another and lead to more enduring and protective solutions. The actions described in the PFAS Roadmap each represent important and meaningful steps to safeguard communities from PFAS contamination. The roadmap sets timelines by which EPA plans to take specific actions and commits to bolder new policies to safeguard public health, protect the environment, and hold polluters accountable. Regan announced the Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap-laying out a whole-of-agency approach to addressing PFAS. On October 18, 2021, EPA Administrator Michael S. Infórmese acerca del Mapa estratégico sobre PFAS: Los compromisos de la EPA para tomar acción en 2021-2024