Biden administration imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on toxic PFAS

https://apnews.com/article/1c8804288413a73bb7b99fc866c8fa51

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  2. Biden increases the amount of dihydrogen monoxide (an industrial solvent and oxidising agent) in drinking water

  3. Don’t worry. Republicans will find a way to spin it that drinking toxin is a “right”.

  4. This regulation will be dismantled under Trump 2.0. Trump’s Project 2025 calls for: 1) removing the designation of PFAS chemicals as “hazardous substances”, 2) removing groundwater cleanup regulations to ignore PFAS, and 3) letting corporations perform their own reviews of toxic waste sites (instead of the EPA). (Mandate for Leadership, page 431)

  5. The biggest argument being “we can’t afford to do this! Filtration is expensive.”

    Cool, innovate. Or get the money out of the people responsible for leching the chemicals to begin with. They knew for a lot longer than we did it was going to be a problem and kept quiet about it.

    I sure there’s some sort of infrastructure funding that can be utilised to bridge the gap. If not, get on congress.

    Anybody of the mind “People should accept illness because fixing the problem is too expensive,” should find a pebble in the toe of their right shoe each and every day for the rest of their life.

  6. Biden is trying to protect Americans from ACTUAL dangers. Republicans just want power and control even if it means turning their back on health and safety of its citizens.

  7. This is literally one of the biggest things we can right now to fight rising cancer rates. There is peer reviewed literature to estimate how many lives this will save. There is already money set aside to help municipalities adjust to the new technology. How is this controversial at all???

    Good god, for half the country it seems like life is precious until conception, and then your very life is at the mercy of whatever is best for big business. 

  8. Love that US is becoming more socially conscious under Biden. Solid strong move.

  10. Nationwide injunction from the fifth circuit in 3… 2….

  11. “But water utilities took issue with the rule, saying treatment systems are expensive to install and that customers will end up paying more for water”.

    Translation, this will cut into our profits, public health be damned! Watch Republicans file a lawsuit and judge shop over this to get their picked judges to undo this!

  12. Joe Biden, a leader who cares about all the people in his country and demonstrates this with positive moves despite the GOP Tangerined traitors attempting to derail anything proposed to make the country and world a better place.

  13. Thank you for looking out for the people- that is what a government that is a form of democracy, should be doing.

  15. Meanwhile, Kansas Republican legislatures try to pass a bill to ban municipalities from banning single use plastics. 
    You just can’t make this shit up.

  16. If you seen the City water lines, you probably wouldn’t drink tap water

  17. Notice the verbage of “impose” as if its an undue tyranical reach of power, rather than “enacts” which implies its within his power and doesn’t have as negative of connotations.

    Corporate media gonna protect corporate power. If anyone imposed anything, it was the plastics industry imposing PFAs on our society, and its gonna fall to taxpayers to clean it up.

  18. “But water utilities took issue with the rule, saying treatment systems are expensive to install and that customers will end up paying more for water.”

    Yet in Europe they do not have an issue removing these toxic chemicals. Perhaps the water sector should just be state run like it is in France.

  20. “Here’s how PFAS limits will hurt businesses.”

    – Fox News, probably

  21. “We’re not ignoring science, we’re asking for the best science possible, the best extrapolation possible, looking at the historical data also. We just need to make sure that we’re getting the proper answers.” In other words, science that they agree with smh.

  22. So when is a federal judge in the most backwater part of bumfuck Texas going to throw this out?

  25. Got $10 on some headline reading something vaguely like this: “Biden administration hell bent on taking away your rights to drink water” or “democrats fast track bill to remove all drinking water access to republican states”…

  26. Donald Trump is probably thinking, “nice regulation. Can’t wait to get rid of it because money is more important than safety”.

  27. this is exactly what the govt should be doing (granted this should have been done during the trump admin or earlier)

  28. You know trump gonna go on a tangent about this one smh

  29. How long before we have videos of GQP folks chugging cupfuls of PFAS?

  31. NC ignored this though it was known for many decades! Many service members and their families on our military bases died, got cancer and are still suffering from our drinking water. Countless miscarriages, stillborn deaths, adults & children with cancer diagnoses due to PFAS.
    Multiple N.C. attorney generals failed to hold DuPont Chemical legally liable. Chemour Chemical Company now taking over for DuPont and continuing to dump PFAS in our water with no legal accountability!

    The Wilmington NC and surrounding 5 counties continue to have the highest PFAS levels in the U.S!

    https://www.nrdc.org/stories/drinking-water-crisis-north-carolina-ignored

    https://www.wral.com/story/new-forever-chemicals-discovered-in-cape-fear-river/21204854/

    https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/02/21/genx-water-crisis-what-well-testing-is-telling-us-about-pfas/69884135007/

    https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/oee/a_z/pfas.html#:~:text=PFAS%20contamination%20in%20the%20Cape,at%20North%20Carolina%20State%20University.

    Trump intentionally chose to turn a blind eye to this.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/dOcQ7iov47

  32. Good! Finally some policy that will have a positive affect locally.

  33. Slightly disappointed to see r/politics and not /r/HydroHomies, but wonderful news either way!

  34. Doesn’t that encroach on the right of private industry to poison us for profit?

  35. The Biden administration’s move to impose the first nationwide limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water is an important step forward for public health. These man-made compounds have been linked to cancers and other diseases. While the standards may face legal challenges, protecting communities from long-term exposure to dangerous toxins should remain a priority. Clean water is a basic necessity.

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