The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will reconsider the health impacts of fluoride in drinking water — taking what could be an initial step toward new national limits or a ban on the ...

The Trump EPA said it would keep the PFOA and PFOS drinking water limits but give utilities until 2031 to comply with them, instead of 2029. The rules for the other four compounds will be scrapped ...

The EPA originally adopted its PFAS rule under the Biden administration in April 2024, setting limits on six types of chemicals. Limits on just two of those – PFOS and PFOA – will remain set ...

The EPA plans to loosen regulations for greenhouse gas emissions, cleanup standards for coal plant waste and car emission limits, among many other clean air and water rules.

The EPA has limits on only six types, which Southerland says act as “surrogates” for the 15,000 other forever chemicals that could show up in drinking water.

EPA plans to drop limits on some ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water Logan Feeney pours a water sample with forever chemicals into a container for research last year at a U.S. Environmental ...

The EPA's announcement reverses regulations that started during the Biden administration to keep forever chemicals out of drinking water and prevent any harm they could cause.