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A Local Court Ruling on PFAS Cleanup

Frederica Freyberg:

In environmental news, the state DNR has no authority to regulate the clean-up of PFAS or forever chemicals under Wisconsin law. That’s according to a Waukesha County court ruling this week. Instead, the regulation would have to go through the legislature’s rule-making process. PFAS are a group of toxic chemicals that leach into drinking and groundwater and derive from such things as firefighting foam. Communities across the state are dealing with PFAS contamination of their water. The DNR expects to appeal the ruling.