Researcher ORCID Identifier
Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Public Policy Analysis
Second Department
Chemistry
Reader 1
Daniel O'Leary
Reader 2
Charles Taylor
Reader 3
David Menefee-Libey
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© 2024 Manu Prabandham
Abstract
This thesis proposes twelve specific policies based on precedents set by prior regulation of persistent organic pollutants (such as PCBs), the costs and benefits of short-chain PFAS, technologies available to remove and destroy short-chain PFAS, and the roles and limitations of California’s regulatory institutions. The twelve policies are chosen to be politically and financially feasible, effective at removing short-chain PFAS from water supplies, and equitable towards lower-income and minority Californians, who suffer the most from the consequences of PFAS and other environmental pollutants. The new definitions, education campaigns, studies, taxes, bans, standards, testing, and filtration systems proposed are intended to help California’s State Legislature and environmental agencies address the gap in short-chain PFAS regulation, remain a leader in environmental policymaking, and remove a major health burden on the state’s residents.
Recommended Citation
Prabandham, Manu, "Reducing Short-Chain PFAS Levels in California Water Supplies" (2024). Pomona Senior Theses. 324.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/324
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