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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T21:46:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Politics",
    "Republican Party",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Health",
    "Public Health",
    "EPA",
    "Lee Zeldin",
    "Department of Health and Human Services",
    "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.",
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  "textContent": "President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency wants Americans to keep guzzling “forever chemicals” in their water.\n\nThe agency offered a formal proposal Monday to repeal Biden-era regulations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, a.k.a “forever chemicals” because they linger in the environment for hundreds or even thousands of years.\n\nIf finalized, the proposal would rescind protections against GenX, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFBS, four of the six PFAS outlined in the Biden restrictions, and delay a requirement to filter out PFAS by 2029 until 2031.\n\nDavid Andrews, chief science officer for the Environmental Working Group, told The Washington Post that the decision was “a betrayal of public health and the mission of making America healthier. Safe and clean drinking water should be a right for everyone in this country.”\n\n“Slow-walking this is really just going the wrong direction,” he added.\n\nIn addition to infuriating environmental advocates, the move is also sure to inflame the Make America Healthy Again sect of Trump supporters, who have criticized Zeldin’s willingness to allow chemical companies to dictate policy.",
  "title": "“Betrayal”: Trump EPA Rolls Back Key Drinking Water Protections"
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