Issue by issue, the Trump administration is tearing down protections most Americans believed were settled: voting rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, LGBTQ+ safety, the separation of church and state. Now they’re coming for clean water, clean air and public health.
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency, the agency charged with safeguarding our air and water, announced plans to roll back limits on PFAS — forever chemicals that don’t just contaminate water, but embed themselves in our blood, pollute our ecosystems and are linked to cancer, hormonal disorders, developmental harm and long-term health damage for generations. These limits were grounded in years of rigorous scientific review. But under Administrator Lee Zeldin, the EPA is choosing industry over evidence a