On June 15, 2022, US EPA issued its prepublication
notice announcing final drinking
water health advisories for PFBS and GenX,
as well as interim drinking water health
advisories for PFOA and PFOS.1
Drinking water health advisories are published pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 300g-1(b)(1)(F), which allows the US EPA to
publish health advisories for contaminants not subject to
any national primary drinking water regulation.2 They are
developed “to provide information on the chemical and
physical properties, occurrence and exposure, health effects,
quantification of toxicological effects, other regulatory
standards, analytical methods, and treatment technology for
drinking water contaminants.”3 These health advisory levels
are not regulations and are not considered legally enforceable
standards.4 Here, we discuss US EPA’s recent announcement
and consider how it could impact industries moving forward.
