Tony Evers on Environment

Republicans should release $125M funding to combat PFAS

In Wisconsin, where we want to trust the water coming from our tap, PFAS are a threat to our way of life and our economy. It's why I directed $10 million into a new statewide program to help get contaminants like PFAS out of our water supplies. And after five years of calling for legislative action, the Legislature and I both approved a $125 million investment to start tackling PFAs across our state.

[But that] $125 million investment to fight PFAS statewide is sitting in Madison because Republicans refuse to release it. Republicans, please release this funding so we can get it out to the families, child care facilities, schools, businesses, and communities across our state who need it.

More than $100M to take a three-pronged approach on PFAS

Note from CDC.gov: The per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of chemicals used to make fluoropolymer coatings and products that resist heat, oil, stains, grease, and water. Many PFAS are a concern because they:

• do not break down in the environment,
• can move through soils and contaminate drinking water sources,
• build up (bioaccumulate) in fish and wildlife.