Health Policy Expert: EPA Should Not Abandon Regulations on Toxic Chemicals
As seen in , , associate professor of nursing, was one of several local experts and community activists who participated in a press conference calling on New York鈥檚 congressional delegation to oppose the EPA鈥檚 rollback of federal regulations limiting toxic chemicals, such as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds), in the Long Island water supply.
Similar coverage also appeared in the , in which Varghese noted that proposed rollbacks on PFAS regulations may weaken limits on other harmful chemicals, such as 1,4-dioxane, TCE (trichloroethylene), and PCE (perchloroethylene).