Tell the EPA: Keep Toxic PFAS Out of Drinking Water

Trump's EPA released a dangerous proposal to completely eliminate standards for four PFAS "forever chemicals” that are linked to cancer and organ damage and delay the standards for two additional PFAS. These limits will keep drinking water safer for up to 105 million people in the U.S.

This giveaway to chemical manufacturers and water utilities also violates the Safe Drinking Water Act, which prohibits the EPA from weakening drinking water protections once they're set.

NRDC is fighting in court to defend these standards — but we need your voice too.

Submit a public comment before July 20.

Reject the EPA's proposal to eliminate and delay standards that protect people from PFAS "forever chemicals” in drinking water. Submit a public comment before July 20.

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Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a dangerous proposal to completely eliminate standards for four PFAS and delay the standards for two additional PFAS — limits that keep our drinking water safer for up to 105 million people in the U.S.

PFAS are called “forever chemicals” because they don't easily break down in the environment and they can accumulate in our bodies. Scientists have linked them to serious health problems like cancer, liver and kidney damage, and harm to the hormone and reproductive systems.

This short-sighted move is a giveaway to water utilities and chemical manufacturers who would rather pinch pennies than protect consumers from harmful pollutants. It also violates the Safe Drinking Water Act, which prohibits the EPA from weakening any drinking water standards once they’re set.

While NRDC’s legal team is fighting in court defending these lifesaving standards, the EPA is inviting public comments on this reckless action — and we need to build a groundswell of public support to maintain these vital protections and keep our drinking water safer from PFAS. Submit your public comment now.

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Subject Keep strong PFAS standards for drinking water

Dear Administrator Zeldin,

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I am writing to oppose the EPA's proposed rules to rescind standards for four PFAS and delay the enforcement of the remaining two PFAS standards established under the 2024 PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation.

PFAS are linked to serious health harms including cancer, liver and kidney damage, and harm to the hormone and reproductive systems. The EPA's own analysis estimated that the current standards would protect up to 105 million people in the U.S. from dangerous levels of these chemicals in their drinking water.

This proposal also violates the Safe Drinking Water Act's anti-backsliding provision, which explicitly prohibits the EPA from weakening any drinking water standard once it has been established. The law exists precisely to prevent the kind of regulatory reversal the EPA is now proposing.

I urge the EPA to withdraw these proposed rules and maintain the 2024 drinking water standards for PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA, and hazard index mixtures, and not delay much needed standards for PFOA and PFOS. Rescinding these protections would expose millions of people to serious health risks.

Thank you.

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