Trump wants to weaken protections against forever chemicals in drinking water
Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the nation’s first legally enforceable federal drinking water limits on the most common types of forever chemicals. Today, the EPA announced an about-face. The agency now wants to exclude several types of the chemicals from the rule, including so-called GenX substances initially intended to replace older versions of forever chemicals but that ended up creating new concerns. It also proposed extending compliance deadlines for the two most prevalent forms of forever chemicals, and says it’ll establish a “framework” for more exemptions.
Frame a politician as “friendly to business” and people eat it up. But frame them as “friendly to corporations” and public sentiment sours.
Trump may call himself “friendly to business,” but he’s really in bed with the corporations. (After all, they can give him the most money.)
With announcements like this, you wonder if the Trump administration just…hates the American public. And to my endless confusion, Trumpets love the man more and more with each passing day.
I mean, how can anyone be against getting rid of cancer-causing chemicals in our water?
It’s absolutely mystifying.