The Biden administration has announced a two-pronged initiative aimed to reduce exposure, through drinking water, to the “forever chemicals”—perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
Environmental groups and their Capitol Hill allies praised the administration's PFAS program as a major benefit for public health; but industry organizations and EPA critics in Congress raised concerns about the cost to implement it.