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EPA withdraws plan to regulate PFAS in drinking water
- insane_dreamer 2y ago> “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.
- walterbell 2y agoCan DIY tools measure PFAS in drinking water?
- basementcat 2y agoThere are a few services that will test water samples. https://mytapscore.com/blogs/tips-for-taps/best-way-to-test-for-pfas-in-drinking-water https://mytapscore.com/blogs/tips-for-taps/best-way-to-test-... https://www.relentlesshealth.com https://www.relentlesshealth.com
- neofrommatrix 2y agoSeems 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.
- walterbell 2y agoDear Hacker, Please improve your memetic immune system. > our only option is to wither and die incorrect
- insane_dreamer 2y agoSurvival of the fittest. Literally.
- latentcall 2y agoIs this a thing the half of voters who voted for Trump want? I’m finding it hard to understand.
- jfengel 2y agoPerhaps 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.
- rasz 2y agoLet them drink Coca-Cola.
- _DeadFred_ 2y agoThis 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.