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EPA withdraws plan to regulate PFAS in drinking water (azfamily.com)
23 points by Jimmc414 20 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments



Seems like our only option is to wither and die while corporations make bank. Sorry to be so cynical, but if something as critical and essential as clean drinking water is too much to ask, can’t help but be cynical.


Dear Hacker,

Please improve your memetic immune system.

> our only option is to wither and die

  incorrect


Survival of the fittest. Literally.


> “The biggest impact of what the Trump administration is pulling back from is information, not regulation,” Larson clarified. “The studies that were coming out about the presence of PFAS in biosolids and sewage sludge that would have helped us know whether or not that was a good place for us to spend money regulating.”

You can't regulate something you can't measure!

See no evil.


Can DIY tools measure PFAS in drinking water?



This is from the same people who are pushing hard to remove fluoride from our water. So it's not even that they themselves don't see a need/value in removing chemicals from drinking water.


Let them drink Coca-Cola.


Is this a thing the half of voters who voted for Trump want? I’m finding it hard to understand.


Perhaps not specifically, but in general they're opposed to any kind of environmental regulation. They'd prefer that the EPA be abolished entirely.

This specifically didn't come from popular acclaim. It presumably started with large plastics manufacturers. But in general, those voters believe that lowering costs for manufacturers will lower their prices and improve the economy.




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