"Ex-president’s allies and Project 2025 propose restrictions to EPA’s ability to protect public from toxins like PFAS"
"A second Donald Trump presidency would represent a serious threat to dealing with the toxic impact of PFAS “forever chemicals”, as well as other toxins, and could be a danger to the health of millions of Americans, experts and environmental campaigners warn.
For example, over the last year, the Environmental Protection Agency developed groundbreaking drinking water limits for highly toxic PFAS compounds, and designated several of the “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances, a move that will force industry to clean up its pollution. The steps represent a major win for the water quality and taxpayers, but a new Trump administration would likely shred the rules.
Statements from former Trump EPA officials, the far-right Project 2025 plan, and the Trump-allied American Chemistry Council (ACC) target those rules, but also suggest industry and a second administration’s aims are much deeper. They are proposing administrative changes designed to cripple the EPA’s ability to protect public health from chemicals like PFAS.
Project 2025’s assault on the EPA is coordinated with the recent conservative wins in the judiciary that undermine the agency’s ability to make rules, and the proposals’ broad aims are to consolidate as much decision-making about toxic chemicals at the EPA into the hands of a small group of Trump appointees instead of scientists. Project 2025 is being run by the rightwing Heritage Foundation as a blueprint for a Trump administration."
Tom Perkins reports for the Guardian July 28, 2024.
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