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The change from the federal agency does not affect the state’s efforts to continue work already underway to reduce levels of PFAS at contaminated sites, the state’s director of drinking water ...
Amid restructuring, the agency is likely to gut its research program for evaluating the health risks of toxic chemicals.
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to rescind and postpone rules limiting “forever chemicals” in drinking ...
In northwest Georgia, the city of Calhoun installed temporary filters as a result of a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center last year. Calhoun has reported nondetectable levels of ...
In a move environmental advocates have denounced as a betrayal of public health, the Trump administration announced plans this week to roll back drinking water limits on four toxic “forever chemicals, ...
The EPA will rescind much of the Biden administration's first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people ...
The Trump administration in a recent court filing said it intends to defend some parts of the rule on a deadly paint stripper ...
Once again, the Trump administration has demonstrated that its priority is bending to corporate interests, not protecting the ...
Based on years of research, EPA scientists concluded in 2022 there is no safe level of exposure to either chemical.
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has expressed strong opposition to the EPA's new decision to weaken limits for certain ...
Some environmental groups argue that the EPA can’t legally weaken the regulations. The Safe Water Drinking Act gives the EPA ...
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The EPA is rolling back drinking water limits for 4 PFAS.