EPA withdraws plan to regulate PFAS in drinking water

https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/23/epa-withdraws-plan-regulate-harmful-pfas-chemicals-drinking-water/

by Jimmc414 • 1 year ago

23 10 1 year ago

“The biggest impact of what the Trump administration is pulling back from is information, not regulation,” Larson clarified. “The studies that were coming out about the presence of PFAS in biosolids and sewage sludge that would have helped us know whether or not that was a good place for us to spend money regulating.”

You can't regulate something you can't measure!

See no evil.

walterbell2• 1 year ago

Can DIY tools measure PFAS in drinking water?

basementcat• 1 year ago

There are a few services that will test water samples.

https://mytapscore.com/blogs/tips-for-taps/best-way-to-test-...

https://www.relentlesshealth.com

neofrommatrix• 1 year ago

Seems like our only option is to wither and die while corporations make bank. Sorry to be so cynical, but if something as critical and essential as clean drinking water is too much to ask, can’t help but be cynical.

walterbell2• 1 year ago

Dear Hacker,

Please improve your memetic immune system.

our only option is to wither and die

  incorrect

insane_dreamer2• 1 year ago

Survival of the fittest. Literally.

latentcall• 1 year ago

Is this a thing the half of voters who voted for Trump want? I’m finding it hard to understand.

jfengel• 1 year ago

Perhaps not specifically, but in general they're opposed to any kind of environmental regulation. They'd prefer that the EPA be abolished entirely.

This specifically didn't come from popular acclaim. It presumably started with large plastics manufacturers. But in general, those voters believe that lowering costs for manufacturers will lower their prices and improve the economy.

rasz• 1 year ago

Let them drink Coca-Cola.

_DeadFred_• 1 year ago

This is from the same people who are pushing hard to remove fluoride from our water. So it's not even that they themselves don't see a need/value in removing chemicals from drinking water.

EPA withdraws plan to regulate PFAS in drinking water

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