Sec. 10304. Centers for Disease Control study on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water
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This section is enacted in coordination with section 343. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and in consultation with the Department of Defense, shall conduct an exposure assessment of no less than 8 current or former domestic military installations known to have per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS)contamination in drinking water, ground water, and any other sources of water and relevant exposure vectors. The exposure assessment required under this subsection shall— include— for each military installation covered under the exposure assessment, a statistical sample to be determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the relevant State health departments; and bio-monitoring for assessing the contamination described in paragraph (1); and produce findings, which shall be— used to help design the study described in 343(a)(1); and released to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 1 year after the conclusion of such exposure assessment. The exposure assessment required under this subsection shall— begin not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and conclude not later than 2 years after such date of enactment.