The chemicals, known as or PFAS, have been linked to health problems including certain cancers, liver damage and low birth weight.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first nationwide restrictions on so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water after discovering the compounds are more dangerous than previously known.
Most people in the U.S. have been exposed to PFAS and have the chemicals in their blood. The chemicals have been linked to health problems including certain cancers, liver damage and low birth weight. The chemicals, known as perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have been voluntarily phased out by U.S. manufacturers. But they are resistant to breaking down in the environment and can linger in the human body when consumed. As a result, most people in the U.S.
The EPA's proposed standards cover six PFAS that have polluted drinking national water supplies. The proposal would regulate PFOA and PFOS as individual contaminants, and would regulate four other PFAS — PFNA, PFHxS, PFBS, and GenX Chemicals — as a mixture.
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