Stand up against corporate villains and tell the EPA you support limiting toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water.
Photo: Brian Maranan Pineda for NRDC
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) required the cleanup of several toxic “forever chemicals” found in drinking water earlier this year – but now the chemical industry and water utility trade associations have filed lawsuits against the EPA’s rule to limit six toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water.
As many as 105 million people in the U.S. get their drinking water from water systems contaminated by PFAS chemicals at a level exceeding the new standards.
This daily exposure to PFAS – known as “forever chemicals” because they are extremely resistant to breaking down in the environment – has been linked to a long list of health effects, including cancer, high cholesterol, abnormal fetal development, and harmful effects on the liver, kidneys, and immune, nervous, and reproductive systems.
We need as many activists as possible to barrage the EPA with messages calling for the strongest possible standards to protect millions of people from the dangers of PFAS. The chemical industry and water utilities routinely declare their commitment to safe drinking water, and yet have long downplayed how dangerous these “forever chemicals” are. Enough is enough.