The rule would have further monitored PFAS and other chemicals from plastics used in chemical recycling. The plastic industry ...

“Tens of millions of people across the country are currently at risk of drinking hazardous levels of toxic PFAS-contaminated water, and that risk may only increase for many years to come if the EPA ...

The EPA plans to scrap limits on three types of PFAS, some of which are less well known. They include GenX substances commonly found in North Carolina as well as substances called PFHxS and PFNA.

Like asbestos, PFAS were prized for industrial utility but are now linked to long-term, latent health risks. This complicates ...

The Biden administration previously set regulations on six types of PFAS chemicals, looking to bring their levels to near zero in drinking water.. Now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) only ...

A former EPA enforcement attorney, who was granted anonymity to speak freely about confidential proceedings, said Chemours resisted more protective PFAS storage and treatment options.

Olson believes the EPA’s alterations to the PFAS rules are in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act’s “anti-backsliding provision,” which says any revision the EPA proposes to a ...

Camas Utilities Manager Rob Charles told city officials Monday that recent testing at Well 13 showed “forever chemicals” levels at 10 times the federal action level for PFAS treatment. Per- and ...

After addressing a number of other programs over the first 100 days of the new administration, on April 28, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally addressed PFAS. Administrator ...

The first full-time government employee in the United States whose job is focused solely on dealing with PFAS works on ...