1. ATSDR's strict risk levels for PFAS driving push for tighter protections - Following the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry's draft toxicological profile on perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid, a bipartisan coalition calls for tougher regulatory requirements by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
2. Under Trump, EPA retreats from proposed ban on key uses of nationwide water pollutant TCE - The EPA is stepping away from more stringent regulations on the industrial solvent trichloroethylene despite the fact it contaminates the drinking water of 14 million Americans and is known to be extremely toxic, especially to children.