Top Republican: 'Forever chemical' bill has 'no prospects' in Senate | TheHill

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) told Bloomberg News a House bill addressing so-called "forever chemicals" has “no prospects in the Senate.” The bill, HR-535, would both force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set nationwide drinking water standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances often abbreviated PFAS and require the EPA to place such chemicals on its hazardous substance list. This could potentially mean designating any contaminated location as a Superfund site, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/477363-top-republican-forever-chemical-bill-has-no-prospects-in-senate