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EPA to limit toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Por: Portland Press Herald World March 14, 2023

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Michael Regan, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announces the Biden administration is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting foams during an event at N.C. State University, Oct. 18, 2021, in Raleigh, N.C. Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File Following Maine’s sweeping 2021 law... + full article



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