In the case of the other two compounds, Olson says the EPA can’t legally extend the deadline for utilities to comply. The ...

Despite the rollback, officials with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) are proud of its Sweeney Water Treatment ...

The chemicals have been linked to increased risk of cancer, high blood pressure, and other health issues for those exposed.

A new study examined associations between diet, drinking water, and 'legacy' PFAS -- chemicals that were phased out of production in the US in the 2000s -- with blood samples from California residents ...

On Wednesday, the agency said it plans to weaken limits on harmful “forever chemicals” — roughly a year after the Biden administration finalized national standards.

Elected officials and local environmental and public health leaders called for improvements to Long Island’s water and public ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to rescind and postpone rules limiting “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were enacted under the Biden administration and designed to ...

During a confirmation hearing, the Office of Land and Emergency Management nominee expressed support for passive receivers and called for more frequent updates to the EPA's destruction and disposal ...

On May 14, 2025, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Administrator Lee Zeldin, announced its decision to ...

The change from the federal agency does not affect the state’s efforts to continue work already underway to reduce levels of PFAS at contaminated sites, the state’s director of drinking water ...

Limits on three types of PFAS will be scrapped and reconsidered by the agency, as will a limit on a mixture of several types of PFAS.