The bond that won't break.

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Three weeks ago, on the eighteenth of May, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to walk back the first federal drinking-water limits this country ever set for polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The agency moved to rescind the enforceable limits on four of the six compounds it had regulated only in 2024, and to give water systems two more years, for now that is until 2031. A standard that took thirty years to establish was clipped in an afterThree weeks ago, on the eighteenth of May, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to walk back the first federal drinking-water limits this country ever set for polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The agency moved to rescind the enforceable limits on four of the six compounds it had regulated only in 2024, and to give water systems two more years, for now that is until 2031. A standard that took thirty years to establish was clipped in an afternoon, with a comment window and a press release.noon, with a comment window and a press release.

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