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House Armed Services Committee passes NDAA amendments to tackle PFAS crisis

WASHINGTON – Late Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee voted to include important measures to protect public health from toxic PFAS chemicals in the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the legislation that funds the Department of Defense.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Liz Hitchcock, House of Representatives, PFAS, success, NDAA, military, House Armed Services Committee

Final NDAA will end military use of toxic PFAS firefighting foam; Congress must act in 2020 to hold polluters accountable and clean up PFAS

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, the U.S. Senate voted to approve the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes several important provisions that begin to take action on the PFAS contamination crisis.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Congress, Laurie Valeriano, Liz Hitchcock, Sarah Doll, PFAS, success, NDAA

NDAA conference report fails to include PFAS clean-up measures; will end military use of PFAS firefighting foam

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, Congressional negotiators finalized the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report, which now includes several important provisions that begin to take action on the PFAS contamination crisis. At the same time, the conferees left out key provisions that would have required cleanup of PFAS-contaminated communities and industrial water pollution.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Congress, drinking water, Laurie Valeriano, Liz Hitchcock, Sarah Doll, PFAS, firefighting foam, NDAA, military

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