EPA moves to allow more PFAS in drinking water

By John Rumpler | Environment America | October 15, 2025

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"By 2027, a federal rule will require your local water utility to ensure that the water they send to your home has no more than trace amounts of six toxic chemicals that could damage your liver, weaken your immune system and trigger thyroid cancer, among other maladies.

Except now, the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to weaken that rule—including rescinding the limits for four of those PFAS chemicals and delaying limits on the other two. Here’s the story:

What are PFAS?

PFAS are a class of at least 9,000 chemicals that are used in numerous consumer products to make them water-resistant, durable or non-stick. Some of the earliest uses of PFAS are traced back to the 1950s, when they were created for nonstick coatings."