PFAS incineration study cancelled by US environment agency

Amid backlash from environmental and social justice advocates, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has cancelled a study that would have investigated what happens when per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are incinerated, and the agency’s chief is blaming the project’s shutdown on a former employee. Rather than burning PFAS, the cancelled study would have investigated the incineration of similar chemical compounds that the EPA deemed safe.