Source: Rachel Frazin, THE HILL, 10/25/21

A new assessment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on chemicals known as “GenX” chemicals that have been found in a North Carolina river show they are more toxic than a Trump-era assessment found.  The new toxicity assessment from the EPA says it’s safe for people to ingest less of the chemical than previously thought.  It’s now safe to ingest “GenX” chemicals at a level of only three-millionths of a milligram per kilogram of body weight each day.  A 2018 draft report from the agency said it was safe to ingest eight-hundred-thousandths of a milligram per kilogram of body weight. 

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