Read the full article by Jake Spring and Brady Dennis (Washington Post).
“The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed repealing limits on four types of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, while delaying regulations on two others, drawing swift criticism from both environmental activists and the Make America Healthy Again movement that has supported President Donald Trump.
Shortly after Trump took office, the EPA signaled its plans to rescind the 2024 protections against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS. More than a year later, the agency has issued its formal proposal.
‘We are proposing to rescind and restart the regulation for four other PFAS,’ EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said at an event Monday. ‘It’s not because they don’t matter. They might warrant strict standards, possibly even stricter than what was previously regulated.’
Zeldin said the administration of President Joe Biden had rushed those regulations before the end of his term and not followed procedure, leaving them open to being struck down in court.”…