In April 2024, the EPA moved to begin cleaning up the PFAS mess. It adopted rules setting limits on contamination for five separate PFAS chemicals and a category for mixtures. The rules required water systems to complete an initial phase of testing for PFAS compounds by 2027 — and to meet Maximum Contamination Levels (MCL) by 2029.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced upcoming changes to federal regulations surrounding PFAS in drinking water, and delayed the deadline for water systems to comply with maximum limits of two types of the 'forever chemicals' that federal officials said they would continue to enforce as set under the previous administration.

Last year, the Biden administration set limits on PFAS in drinking water systems. Donald Trump's EPA is planning to dramatically soften that rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will remove previously announced limits on some PFAS, and delay implementation for standards on others — a move that Maine advocates call unprecedented and dangerous.

"How does cutting regulations that protect our drinking water from pollution of toxic chemicals Make America Healthy Again?" Stratton said in an exclusive statement.

In a move aimed at both safeguarding public health and ensuring practical implementation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will maintain the existing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS).

Administrator Lee Zeldin announced new measures to address PFAS, including increased research, improved testing and updated guidelines to limit PFAS contamination in water systems. However, CNN reports that experts remain concerned about the EPA’s lack of clear decisions on key rules from the previous administration,