Read the full article by Jake Spring and Lauren Weber (Washington Post).
“The Environmental Protection Agency is sitting on dozens of approvals for uses of ‘forever chemicals’ at the direction of Administrator Lee Zeldin, over fears that it could anger Make America Healthy Again activists, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media.
The MAHA movement, championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has pushed to limit chemicals in the U.S. food supply. Trump administration officials have had ongoing conversations with MAHA supporters, who are allied with the Republican Party but have also taken aim at some of the administration’s policies.
The move to delay approvals stands in contrast with the administration’s all-out effort to eliminate environmental regulations. Zeldin is rolling back dozens of regulations in what the EPA calls the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history, including relaxing controls on and speeding approvals of many other chemicals. Before taking office, Zeldin had previously vowed to clear the backlog left over by the Biden administration on approvals of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.”…