Multiple Community Water Systems in Texas Exceed EPA’s New Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ by Matt McGregor – US Politics News

Multiple community water systems in Texas are reported to exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new regulatory limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water.
A local ABC affiliate reported that over 420 water systems have submitted a report to the EPA, 113 of which detected levels of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals.
Forty-nine systems have more PFAS than the new regulation allows.
“Exposure to PFAS has been linked to deadly cancers, impacts to the liver and heart, and immune and developmental damage to infants and children,” an April 10 EPA press release on the regulation stated. “This final rule represents the most significant step to protect public health under EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap. The final rule will reduce PFAS exposure for approximately 100 million people, prevent thousands of deaths, and reduce tens of thousands of serious illnesses.”…