Jack Yoest, Assistant Professor in the Busch School of Business was published by The Virginia Star for commentary, "The Government Wants Your Raincoat" on the regulation management of 'forever chemicals.'
"Two recent proposals that the federal government are considering in the name of consumer safety have Uncle Sam coming after products millions of Americans use every day. While a potential gas stove ban has received several headlines in recent days, millions of Americans may not know that the government has also had a role in beginning the phasing out of a chemical that is a component in so many products that it will likely impact every American in the country.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to label certain PFAS as hazardous, claiming that these compounds tend to linger indefinitely in the environment without degrading and are found in water and then in wildlife and human beings. But while this would seem to be a concern, the science is not settled, and regulators have yet to deliver an ideology-free answer for humans."
Read the full article, "The Government Wants Your Raincoat."