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The EPA Is Giving Some Forever Chemicals a Pass
Last year, the Biden administration set limits on PFAS in drinking water systems. Donald Trump's EPA is planning to dramatically soften that rule.
In addition to removing those four other chemicals from the rule, the Trump EPA now says it will give drinking water systems until 2031 to get rid of PFOA and PFOS in the supply—two years after the original deadline of 2029. The EPA has linked PFAS to a wide variety of health concerns in humans such as cancer, hormonal imbalances, decreased fertility, developmental delays in children, and reduced vaccine response. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a series of lawsuits, including a landmark case in West Virginia, exposed how producers of PFAS chemicals allegedly concealed the human health impacts of their products from the public and regulators.
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