“Betrayal”: Trump EPA Rolls Back Key Drinking Water Protections

“Betrayal”: Trump EPA Rolls Back Key Drinking Water Protections

President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency wants Americans to keep guzzling “forever chemicals” in their water.The agency offered a formal proposal Monday to repeal Biden-era regulations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, a.k.a “forever chemicals” because they linger in the environment for hundreds or even thousands of years.If finalized, the proposal would rescind protections against GenX, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFBS, four of the six PFAS outlined in the Biden restri...

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