The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed its first-ever national drinking water standard to prevent several different types of “forever” chemicals within a class of compounds known as PFAS from entering drinking water sources.
EPA officials made the widely expected announcement March 14 in North Carolina near Cape Fear River, which has had a history of containing high levels of the chemicals and is subject to a 2019 remediation settlement between the state environmental agency and chemical firm Chemours.