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“U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is seeking answers from the Trump administration’s top environmental official after reports that a long-delayed forever chemical risk assessment has been further postponed.
The Democrat who represents Maine’s 1st Congressional District sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday asking him to explain why a toxicity assessment for a particular compound of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, hasn’t been released.
Earlier this month, the nonprofit news organization ProPublica reported that scientists confirmed a report outlining the health detriments of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) was ‘completed and ready to post’ in April but waiting on final briefings from leadership.” …