PFAS in the Water -- Please not!
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The N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC) has proposed new rules to “regulate” the discharge of PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and 1,4-dioxane into our waterways.
Except these rules – written by industry lobbyists – don’t actually do that.
If the EMC enacts these rules as written, chronic polluters won't have to cut their toxic discharges of PFAS and 1,4 dioxane into North Carolina’s drinking water supplies – they just have to say they will. Even then, they face no consequences even if those discharges INCREASE.
You can comment through the Sierra Club action alert at https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/NorthCarolina?actionId=AR0603325
Alternatively, you can comment directly to the EMC by June 15 by email at [publiccomments@deq.nc.gov](mailto:publiccomments@deq.nc.gov)
More information https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/key-issues/emerging-compounds/water-quality-pfas-standards-north-carolina or https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-05-14/pfas-dioxane-water-pollution-monitoring-minimization-emc-deq