Trump’s EPA blocks effort to reduce toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in West Virginia drinking water

EPA blocks effort to reduce toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in West Virginia drinking water

CHARLESTON – West Virginia regulators’ plans to reduce cancer-causing chemicals in the state’s drinking water has stalled because the Trump administration canceled funding for the project.

Trump’s EPA blocks effort to reduce toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in West Virginia drinking water

West Virginia regulators’ plans to reduce cancer-causing chemicals in the state’s drinking water has stalled because the Trump administration canceled funding for the project.  West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection officials were using a $1 million federal grant to work with communities to address the source of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, in public water supplies. The project was focused in communities with the highest level…