NewzThe Trump administration stalled a study designed to help regulators identify which industries discharge harmful PFAS, or forever chemicals, through their wastewater, according to two former Environmental Protection Agency officials involved in the development of the survey.
The proposed survey was intended to gather critical data on the prevalence and sources of these persistent chemical pollutants in industrial wastewater. The intervention by the administration halted the progress of this regulatory oversight effort, keeping the extent of industrial discharges less visible to authorities.
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