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Trump’s EPA wants to weaken rules on forever chemicals. It legally can’t—but that doesn’t mean your drinking water is safe
In the case of the other two compounds, Olson says the EPA can’t legally extend the deadline for utilities to comply. The ...
The EPA is removing some ‘forever chemical’ limits – how can I protect my drinking water?
As President Trump's EPA prepares to roll back some of the safeguards against so-called "forever chemicals," some Americans ...
Potentially toxic forever chemical found in Triad wastewater, NCDEQ says
The amount found in five local wastewater facilities exceeds the EPA-recommended limit of 0.36 micrograms per liter. This could mean contamination of drinking water sources.
What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means
On Wednesday, the agency said it plans to weaken limits on harmful “forever chemicals” — roughly a year after the Biden administration finalized national standards.
As EPA rolls back on limits for “forever chemicals” in drinking water, CFPUA says their customers won’t be impacted
Despite the rollback, officials with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) are proud of its Sweeney Water Treatment ...
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Vermont officials reevaluate new state standards for toxic forever chemicals as EPA eases stance
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 ...
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EPA decision gives utilities more time to comply with 'forever chemicals'
Shoals water producers say a move by the Environmental Protection Agency shouldn't impact their goals of complying with regulations that require the removal of potentially cancer-causing forever chemi ...