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“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will no longer defend drinking water safeguards that protect Americans from four toxic PFAS chemicals, also known as ‘forever chemicals.’ The EPA is also asking the federal court to throw out existing limits that protect drinking water from those four PFAS chemicals (PFNA, PFHxS, GenX, and PFBS).
Current rules require water utilities nationwide to test drinking water for PFAS and to install filtration or find a new water source if high levels of PFAS are detected. If the EPA succeeds in rolling back these critical drinking water protections, over 1 million New Yorkers will be exposed to dangerous PFAS contamination every time they turn on the tap.
Rob Hayes, Senior Director of Clean Water at Environmental Advocates NY, said ‘The EPA’s announcement is a big win for corporate polluters and an enormous loss for New York families…New Yorkers will pay the price of this disastrous plan through medical bills — and deaths — tied to kidney cancer, thyroid disease, and other harmful illnesses linked to PFAS.'” …