Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals

Exposure to two compounds approved can result in ‘sudden death’ and range of other serious health risks, lawsuit warns…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/trump-epa-datacenter-forever-chemicals? 

 

US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

While regulators have focused on reining in Pfas in water, the chemicals are widely used throughout the food system, and there was hope that the agency under Robert F Kennedy Jr would take the threat more seriously. Kennedy leads the “make America healthy again” (Maha) movement, of which eliminating toxic chemicals from food is a cornerstone. 

 The FDA’s decision is “disappointing”, said Sandra Daussin, an attorney for the Tucson Environmental Justice Task Force (TEJTF), which in November 2023 filed the legal petition. The group is planning to sue and ask a court to order the FDA to set thresholds. 

If it’s important enough to regulate in water then we need to regulate it in food – that’s a no-brainer,” Daussin said…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food

 

 

New research links prenatal exposure to Pfas to later development of PMOS

“This is another piece that fits in that larger body of evidence of these specific harms, like hormonal disruption,” said Tasha Stoiber, a senior scientist with the Environmental Working Group non-profit who reviewed the study, but was not an author...

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/19/prenatal-exposure-pfas-pmos-development-study

 

Trump officials plan to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Public health advocates on Monday condemned the EPA. 

“Zeldin and Kennedy are trying to sell potions out of the back of a covered wagon,” said Dr Anna Reade, director of Pfas advocacy at Natural Resources Defense Council. “The millions of Americans demanding safe drinking water are not going to fall for their hocus pocus.” 

The move is widely viewed as at odds with Donald Trump’s pledge to eliminate toxic chemicals from drinking water…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/trump-administration-epa-pfas-water