The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing regulations on “forever chemicals” in water, a move that is expected to cost water utilities billions of dollars to filter out substances that have contaminated the water supplies of millions of people
The move reflects growing concern over health effects of PFAS, which have contaminated water supplies in hundreds of communities Known as forever chemicals because they take a long time to break down, PFAS have been found throughout the environment.
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