In part of the Trump administration’s continued push to overturn the actions of its predecessors, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it would weaken Biden-era standards limiting the pollution of potentially-toxic “forever chemicals” in U.S. drinking water sources.
While it plans to maintain standards for two common chemicals, known and likely carcinogens PFOA and PFO, the agency said it would rescind the regulations and reconsider regulatory determinations for PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA, and the mixture of these three plus PFBS “to ensure that the determinations and any resulting drinking water regulation follow the legal process laid out in the Safe Drinking Water Act.”
