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Energy & Environment Caroline MacGregor,

State Moves To Protect Water Supply From PFAS

During his weekly briefing, the Gov. Jim Justice said West Virginia has taken steps to meet federal guidelines to lower PFAS, or forever chemicals, in the state’s water supplies.  The ...

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WVPB News Brittany Patterson,

EPA To Limit PFAS Chemical Contaminants Found In Some Ohio Valley Water Systems

This story was updated at 4:15 p.m.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will move forward with a series of actions to regulate toxic…

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WVPB News Brittany Patterson,

Previously Blocked Federal Study Raises Alarm About C8 Chemicals

The Trump administration today released a politically charged study on the health impacts of perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS chemicals, including the…

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WVPB News Brittany Patterson,

Capito Urges EPA Administrator to Make C-8 Report Public

Republican West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito pressed the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday over recently released emails that…

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