The Trump administration proposes rolling back Biden era rules requiring water systems to filter six PFAS types by 2029, dropping four entirely. The NRDC estimates at least 73 million Americans already drink water with unsafe PFAS levels linked to cancer and other chronic conditions.
https://health.yahoo.com/article/less-microplastics-more-forever-chemicals-making-sense-of-the-mixed-messages-around-drinking-water-235541375.html
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The timing is strange given the EPA simultaneously announced action on microplastics, which are far less studied than PFAS in terms of confirmed health harms. The two year extension alone could matter a lot given that PFAS can take over eight years just to halve in the human body once exposure stops.