[Public Comment] EPA Seeks Comment in Effort To Loosen Decade of Forever-Chemical Reporting

November 13, 2025

Read the full article by Jasmine Laws (Newsweek)

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to change the reporting requirements companies followed from 2011 to 2022, which include exemptions for certain carcinogenic chemicals. They're accepting public comments for 45 days following the announcement.

The proposed change, announced on Monday, would loosen the reporting requirements manufacturers face when disclosing their use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of chemicals the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified as a Group 1 human carcinogen.

The EPA told Newsweek that it is "not rolling back any regulations on PFAS, and this proposal does not change any regulations related to future PFAS production."