NJDEP Formally Adopts Site Remediation Standards for PFAS Compounds Including PFNA, PFOA, PFOS AND GENX

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Affirming the Sherrill Administration’s commitment to protecting public health and the environment from PFAS contamination, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today (6/15) formally adopted regulations that set site remediation standards for four PFAS compounds – PFNA, PFOA, PFOS, and GenX. The adoption formalizes interim standards that have been in place since 2022 and 2023.

These chemicals have been used in a wide variety of industrial and commercial applications and are known to have serious health effects, which, depending on the specific PFAS compound, can include decreased birth weight, decreased immune response, increased serum cholesterol, increased serum levels of liver enzymes indicative of liver damage, and increased cancer risk.