The Environmental Working Group, along with 19 environmental and public health organizations, submitted comments to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment in support of the Agency's proposed public health goals for perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctance sulfonic acid in drinking water.
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