This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The EPA is rolling back drinking water limits for 4 PFAS.

At the Northwest Annex in Chesapeake, previous use of firefighting foam resulted in long-lasting synthetic chemicals being ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced significant changes coming for two of its major rules that ...

MSU researchers looked at blood samples from people living near a contaminated site. Results show chemicals linger in their ...

The Trump administration on May 14 moved to change standards and enforcement on so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking ...

Columbus’ utilities director said he does not expect the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to weaken limits on ...

Infamous for their environmental persistence and potential links to health conditions, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

The City of Piqua announced an analysis of its drinking water came back as a non-detect for over 25 pre- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

“We're just going to have to keep drinking PFAS for another decade,” said Betsy Southerland, a retired official from the EPA’s water office. “By having drinking water standards only for ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...