Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

Trump’s first EPA promised to crack down on forever chemicals. His second EPA is pulling back.

Maine has been a leader in regulating perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — including being the first state to pass a rule requiring manufacturers to report intentionally added PFAS in products. (Photo by Getty Images) This story was originally published by ProPublica.  One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water syst…

EPA Has Terminated Over $15 Million in Funding for “Forever Chemicals” Research

One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water system, it said, was polluted with a contaminant commonly known as GenX, part of the family of “forever” PFAS chemicals. It came from a Chemours plant in Fayetteville, near the winding Cape Fear River. Few knew about the… Source

Trump’s first EPA promised to crack down on ‘forever chemicals.’ His second EPA Is pulling back.

A 3M plant in Cottage Grove that manufactured PFAS as of 2022. (Photo by Chad Davis)This story was originally published by ProPublica. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one. One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water system, it said, was polluted with a contaminant commonly known as GenX, part o…

Wastewater treatment plants channel ‘forever chemicals’ into waterways nationwide

River Rouge | Susan J. DemasThis article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Harmful “forever chemicals” flow from wastewater treatment plants into surface water across the U.S., according to a new report by a clean-water advocacy group. Weekslong sampling by the Waterkeeper Alliance both upstream and downstream…

Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

The agency has delayed enforcement of its standards, slashed its staff and terminated over $15 million in PFAS research grants.

President Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back — Anna Clark (Propublica.org)

Lock and Dam No. 1 on the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina. By Bud Davis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual LibraryImage pageImage description pageDigital Visual Library home page, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2000782 Click the link to read the article on the Propublica website (Anna Clark): July 2, 2025 EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize c…