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- EPA announced it will drop standards for four PFAS chemicals while retaining limits on PFOA and PFOS.
- The Trump administration proposed letting water utilities request deadline extensions to 2031 and rescind rules for the four PFAS compounds.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the plan is realistic and legally durable.
- Critics warned the rollback could leave some communities drinking contaminated water for up to two additional years.
