Dear Friends,

The Center for Children's Environmental Health is proud to share that in late October, the Biden Administration announced regulations to limit exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), long-lasting chemical compounds found in our drinking water, food, even our blood.

The regulations are based on a growing body of research on their harms to human health—including studies and standards published by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

“Our research added to evidence showing that PFAS are ubiquitous and unavoidable, and present real risks to the health of children,” says Herbstman, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia Mailman.