The PFAS Action Act of 2019 has passed the US House. Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Republican Congressman Fred Upton were the original sponsors of the bill. She says it’s time to take action on addressing the dangerous chemicals found in Michigan and across the country.
“Here’s the reality. The EPA has completely abandoned its responsibility to act,” said Dingell. “The military, and we want to protect our military and are so grateful to our young men and women serving this country, we see what they’re doing right now, but the military isn’t cleaning it up. And they say the lack of a hazardous designation is the reason they’re not doing anything!”
Dingell says PFAS is known to cause cancer, liver damage, decreased fertility and asthma.
Though the bill has Republican support from members of Michigan’s delegation like Upton and Bill Huizenga, it probably won’t go anywhere. Even if the bill passes the Senate, the Trump administration this week cautioned the measure would “create considerable litigation risk, set problematic timelines and precedents, and impose substantial costs” on government agencies and water systems. For that reason, the President is threatening a veto.
