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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’The Trump administration’s plan comes just two years after the US Environmental Protection Agency set legally enforceable drinking water limits for six of the most dangerous Pfas compounds that have been studied. The chemicals include some of the most toxic substances, and are linked to a range of cancers and other serious health problems.
But the move was fiercely opposed by industry, including those now in leadership positions at the EPA.
The new Trump plan aims to undo or delay those limits, which public health advocates say would put the nation’s health at risk.
The move is widely viewed as at odds with Donald Trump’s pledge to eliminate toxic chemicals from drinking water.
EPA science showed that no level of exposure to Pfoa and Pfos in drinking water is safe