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This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The EPA is rolling back drinking water limits for 4 PFAS.
The Trump administration on May 14 moved to change standards and enforcement on so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to give drinking-water utilities an extra 2 years to meet strict limits for two ...
A new study examined associations between diet, drinking water, and 'legacy' PFAS -- chemicals that were phased out of production in the US in the 2000s -- with blood samples from California residents ...
LANSING — The EPA last week rolled back regulations that established stricter national limits for PFAS in drinking water.
But the fight over drinking water limits for individual PFAS distracts from the larger context that there are thousands of types, and scientists suspect they all have similar health effects.
The drinking water rules were adopted as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to limit public exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), hazardous chemicals linked to a range ...
“This current administration promised voters it would ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ but rescinding part of the PFAS drinking water standards does no such thing,” she said. “It’s ...
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water ...
Last week, environmental groups decried plans from the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind and “reconsider” drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS ...
While concentrations of older "forever" chemicals appear to have decreased in many foods over the last two decades, a new study has found that drinking water, along with seafood, eggs, and brown rice, ...
Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s plan to address the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for ...