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Agency changes wording on website as Texas-based chemical firm continues manufacture of plastic containersThe Environmental Protection Agency has quietly backtracked on a claim that the US has phased out two of the most dangerous Pfas compounds – Pfoa and Pfos.The EPA has found that <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/21/2022-13158/lifetime-drinking-water-health-advisories-for-four-perfluoroalkyl-substances?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">virtually no level of exposure</a> to either in drinking water is safe, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer <a href="https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/iarc-monographs-volume-135-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa-and-perfluorooctanesulfonic-acid-pfos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">classifies Pfoa </a> as “carcinogenic to humans” and Pfos as “possibly carcinogenic”. Still, the EPA is allowing Houston-based Inhance to produce containers from which Pfoa <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/estlcu/article-abstract/10/4/350/345648/Directly-Fluorinated-Containers-as-a-Source-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">has been found</a> to leach at high levels into the containers’ contents. The company makes up to 200m plastic containers annually used across the US economy. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/18/epa-pfas-compounds-toxins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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