The Trump administration is proposing to completely remove limits on four forever chemicals contaminating drinking water across the country — a change likely to anger Make America Healthy Again activists who have pushed for stricter regulations.
GenX, a very long-lasting chemical used to make Teflon that infamously contaminates the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, is among the forever chemicals that would no longer fall under legally enforceable, nationwide drinking water standards.
The Environmental Protection Agency also wants to give some drinking water systems until 2031 to meet limits on the two-best known forever chemicals: PFAS and PFOA.