<p>EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS.</p><p>Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-epa-pfas-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/pfas/" rel="tag">#PFAS</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/foreverchemicals/" rel="tag">#ForeverChemicals</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
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<p>Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.<br>---</p><p>As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/for</span><span class="invisible">est-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/pfas/" rel="tag">#PFAS</a> <a href="/tags/fire/" rel="tag">#Fire</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#WIldfires</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/chemicals/" rel="tag">#Chemicals</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>PFAS 20 dans l'eau de distribution en RW 🇧🇪 (norme 4,4 ng/l) 😱 </p><p><a href="/tags/pfas/" rel="tag">#PFAS</a> <a href="/tags/wallonie/" rel="tag">#Wallonie</a> <a href="/tags/eau/" rel="tag">#Eau</a> <a href="/tags/régionwallone/" rel="tag">#RégionWallone</a> <a href="/tags/envoronnement/" rel="tag">#Envoronnement</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a></p>
<p>It's People vs. <a href="/tags/pfas/" rel="tag">#PFAS</a> polluters.<br>For a small insight into how PFAS-affected communities, who live with pollution every day, are treated by those in Brussels' lobby quarter, check out this video.</p><p>Spoiler:<br>💥 VDL refused to meet citizens<br>💥 PFAS lobby called the police</p>
<p>NEW: ProPublica recently reported that the U.S. Forest Service knowingly issued protective gear containing <a href="/tags/pfas/" rel="tag">#PFAS</a> to wildland firefighters.</p><p>The agency says it has now stopped distributing those garments.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/pfas-firefighter-gear-forest-service" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/pfas-firefighter-gear-forest-service"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pfa</span><span class="invisible">s-firefighter-gear-forest-service</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#safety</a> <a href="/tags/foreverchemicals/" rel="tag">#foreverchemicals</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a></p>