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EPA plans to limit toxic forever chemicals in drinking water for the first time

CHICAGO — Water utilities will be required to routinely test for toxic forever chemicals, and spend billions upgrading treatment plants to filter them, under the first-ever national limits intended to protect Americans from widespread threats to human health and the environment.

Chicago Tribune

EPA plans to limit toxic forever chemicals in drinking water for the 1st time

Chicago Tribune

Health Officials Delayed Report Linking Fluoride to Brain Harm

Records show dental groups urged Department of Health and Human Services to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation.

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US agency takes aim at ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Environmental Protection Agency proposes first federal limits on ‘forever chemicals’, saying the move will save lives.

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EPA proposes PFAS limits for water

The standards would force states to begin the arduous process of cleaning out 'forever chemicals' from their water

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EPA moves to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

The EPA proposed limiting the amount of harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water to the lowest detectable levels, a move it said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses.

WEKU

EPA sets ‘groundbreaking’ limits on toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Extraordinary new limits introduced to require municipal utilities to remove six PFAS compounds from drinking water

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EPA moves to limit toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water

There are currently no national drinking water standards for forever chemicals.

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EPA to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing the first federal limits for harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker calls out Elon Musk after family abused on Twitter during BBC row

MOTD presenter’s son says he has ‘never had so much abuse’

The Independent UK

Congress gets serious about TikTok legislation

Episode 448 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Reason

Republicans greet call for expanded EPA staffing with skepticism - Roll Call

The White House proposal to expand the EPA's staffing after years of decline was greeted with immediate pushback from Republicans.

Roll Call

Mapped: Where snow will fall in next 72 hours as cold snap to return

Large swathes of the UK set to experience more snow

The Independent UK

Pictures of the week: Dogs in the snow, International Women’s Day and Holi festival of colours

The Independent’s picture editors bring you the best photography from all corners of the planet

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Commentary: Another toxic train derailment will happen if we don’t rein in plastics

Images of dead fish floating in murky water and menacing plumes of gray smoke are haunting the nation’s front pages. Interviews with distressed residents are interspersed with exasperated talking heads on our television screens. More than month after the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, America continues to bear…

The Conversation

Winning everything everywhere all at once: 5 experts on the big moments at the Oscars 2023

The Academy Awards in 2023 were a less scandalous affair than last year – although host Jimmy Kimmel never let us forget “the slap”, with so many jokes it was verging on a dead-horse-beating situation.

The Guardian - AU

Community-led rainwater testing near Orange finds one in three tanks have unsafe lead levels

NSW Health is retesting water after residents raised concerns about elevated traces of heavy metals, which they worry is linked to Cadia goldmine

Inverse

Can We Control The Spread of “Forever Chemicals?” Here Are 3 Key Factors

Why many experts support national regulation of these chemicals.

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A months-long landfill fire in Alabama reveals waste regulation gaps

An unregulated landfill that accepts vegetative waste has burned underground for months. Neighbors were inundated with smoke and left wondering why the site wasn't regulated in the first place.

Tribune News Service

Michigan lawmakers seek hazardous waste notices as Ohio outlines shipment amounts

DETROIT — Nearly 15% of the solid waste and about 7% of the liquid waste removed from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, were disposed of in Metro Detroit, highlighting concerns about the dearth of communication between waste importers, regulators and communities.

The Independent UK

Aches, rashes and fear: Trauma remains after Ohio derailment

Headaches, congestion, itchy skin rashes — and fear

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden proposed spending billions on climate projects in 2024. Could it help California?

President Joe Biden proposed spending more than $24 billion both to fund natural disaster response efforts and to bolster environmental conservation as part of his 2024 budget.

The Independent UK

Regulators cut pressure on pipeline after Kansas oil spill

U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone oil pipeline to operate at higher-than-normal pressures following a massive oil spill in northeastern Kansas in December

The Independent UK

Hamburg shooting news – live: Gunman killed himself after shooting in Jehovah’s Witness hall

The scene of the shooting was a Kingdom Hall, next to a car repair shop in the Gross Borstel district, a few miles from Hamburg city centre

The Guardian - US

Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report

The lawn replacement – largely fallen out of favor in professional sports these days – contains large amounts of toxic chemicals

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