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Contact Members of the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee - Protect My Drinking Water

A bill designed to protect drinking water sources from toxic “forever” chemicals has been introduced to the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.

The bill, the PFAS Protection Act, SB 485, is in response to a study by the WVDEP that found PFAS in the raw water used to supply drinking water to approximately 700,000 West Virginians.

PFAS, per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances are manmade chemicals that do not break down in nature and can cause adverse health effects, including cancer, at very low levels. Learn more about toxic PFAS.

Unsafe levels of PFAS have been found in the raw water supply for 130 community water systems. The responsibility for addressing this contamination should not be placed on water utilities or ratepayers.

The PFAS Protection Act will require the state to take immediate action to identify PFAS at the source, help hold polluters responsible for cleaning up and preventing further contamination of our drinking water sources, and establish safe limits in our drinking water.

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Subject: Support the PFAS Protection Act, SB 485

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I’m concerned that unsafe levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, known as PFAS, have been found in the raw water for 130 water systems serving approximately 700,000 West Virginians. The West Virginia Senate has introduced a bill, SB 485 - The PFAS Protection Act, to address this problem. It has been referenced to a committee you serve on, the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. PFAS, are manmade chemicals that do not break down in nature and are known to cause adverse health effects, including cancer, at very low levels. I encourage you to advance the PFAS Protection Act to take important first steps towards addressing these dangerous toxins in West Virginia's waters. The PFAS Protection Act, SB 485, helps to reduce PFAS at its source so that water utilities and ratepayers are not burdened with treatment costs by: - Directing the Department of Environmental Protection to develop action plans to identify and address the sources of PFAS contaminating drinking water supplies. - Requiring industry to monitor and report PFAS discharges. - Establishing statewide limits on PFAS discharges into water supplies immediately upon EPA’s issuance of recommended criteria. Thank you, and please let me know if I can provide any further information.

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