The EPA will issue four PFAS health advisories for drinking water on Wednesday, the agency’s top water official said Monday.

Radhika Fox, assistant administrator for the Office of Water, said the advisories will be based on the best available science regarding the safe lifetime exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances for “a range of populations,” Fox said. She spoke at the American Water Works Association annual conference in San Antonio.

Fox said the advisory will include monitoring protocols for PFOA and PFOS—two of the most commonly studied PFAS— in drinking water. When asked by a water system administrator whether it’s …

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