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Trump Officials Plan to Repeal Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
EPA Outlines Effort to Kill Biden-Era Rules as Critics Condemn RFK Jr and Lee Zeldin’s ‘Hocus Pocus’
TL;DR
- The Trump administration plans to repeal and delay Biden-era drinking water limits on four PFAS 'forever chemicals'.
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing two rules to delay and rescind these limits, which will likely face legal challenges.
- These PFAS chemicals are linked to a range of cancers and serious health problems and contaminate the drinking water of an estimated 200 million Americans.
- Public health advocates have condemned the move, calling it a risk to national health and criticizing EPA officials.
- The administration claims the Biden-era limits were not legally sound and that their process will avoid litigation.