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Trump Promises Clean Water. Will He Clean Up PFAS? (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 2 days ago by MicroWave to c/health

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Concerns mount over how a Trump administration could handle clean water policies, including PFAS (“forever chemicals”) regulation and lead pipe replacement.

PFAS, linked to cancer and other health risks, contaminate much of the U.S. water supply.

Biden’s administration mandated utilities to reduce PFAS levels and replace lead pipes, with billions in federal funding. Trump’s team may delay or weaken these efforts, influenced by industry lobbying and Project 2025’s deregulatory goals.

Critics warn such rollbacks could worsen public health risks and increase long-term costs, despite bipartisan support for clean water protections.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it even possible to clean up pfas? Cos my understanding ia that we arw fucked and there is nothing we can do.

[–] partial_accumen 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it even possible to clean up pfas?

My understanding, the answer is "yes" we can clean up PFAS, its just not easy/cheap. It requires pressures, temperatures, and chemicals not present in nature.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right but thats like trying to clean glitter out of a carpet with tweezers.

[–] partial_accumen 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure. Its getting rid of the glitter by burning the carpet and the glitter together. The glitter is gone now. Its worth it if the glitter is poison and would kill you if you didn't do this, but it does mean buying new carpet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but the carpet is the size of the entire globe and we cant just go buy a new one of those

[–] partial_accumen 1 points 2 days ago

That's not the carpet we're talking about. These are small area rugs with hugely concentrated glitter (...PFAS from things like aircraft fire fighting foam that occur near airports and military airbases).

The PFAS from your Glide dental floss isn't even on the radar.