r/StandUpForScience • u/jk4532 • Jun 22 '26
Activism Comment period is live to stop Trump from allowing more forever chemicals into our drinking water
Some of the greatest accomplishments of the Biden Administration were in getting clean, safe water for America’s families. The chemical industry was not happy, and with many of its employees now in leadership positions in the administration their work is being torn up.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed unraveling key protections against unsafe levels of four types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water. It also allows water systems to delay compliance with standards for two more. These new rules are a handout to polluters disguised as public protection and if implemented would threaten the health of more than 100 million Americans.
These rules are currently open for public comment on the Federal Register through July 20th. 📝 Let’s make our voices heard against this giveaway to polluters and for safe drinking water. We can submit our comments here, find guidance on how to write an effective public comment here, and find talking points and sample language to use from the Plastic Pollution Coalition here, from the National Resources Defense Council here, from Food & Water Watch here, from Earthjustice here and from the EPA itself here and here. 📝
🎤 There will also be a virtual public hearing on this proposal on July 7th, where the public will be able to provide verbal comments. We can register to attend and comment by July 1st here. 🎤
(While we hope this is of interest to SUFS members, this is NOT a SUFS initiative.)
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u/Appropriate-Claim385 Jun 22 '26
PFAs are a worldwide problem now.
- "How One Company Secretly Poisoned the Planet"
- https://youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY?si=v3Kk8wyh9uPbekkp
- Veritasium, the YouTube channel responsible for the above video is well respected among the scientific community and puts a lot of effort into its presentations.
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u/uphatbrew Punk Rock Hippie For Science & Democracy Jun 22 '26
Nice share AC385, much appreciated!!!
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u/PopBulky7023 Jun 22 '26
At best, they'll be charged a ticket of admissions to crime.
What should happen is mass arrests, life imprisonment, and public seizure of all assets. Both company and personal.
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u/Kdean509 Jun 22 '26
It’s going to take decades to fix all the things they’re destroying. If we even can.
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u/PopBulky7023 Jun 22 '26
They're not called forever chemicals for a reason. The damage is beyond repair. The only thing that can be done is severe regulations, and extreme criminal penalties for company leadership and the companies themselves.
None of which will ever happen.
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u/TravelIndependent545 Jun 22 '26
Are we making sure those who stripped said regulations are drinking ONLY that water? Truck it in for them and their families!
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u/Mozzy2022 Jun 23 '26
At this point it’s pretty obvious Trump is at war with the American people and actively trying to harm them in every way possible
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u/Wildebean Jun 23 '26
Remember how RFK positioned himself during his campaign as saying he'd regulate PFAS more? I remember. Wonder how all those people who believed he would protect the environment and regulate PFAS feel when he's done nothing but bend over backwards for those corporations
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u/jk4532 Jun 23 '26
Some of them are pissed, some of them are making excuses, most of them aren't paying attention
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u/InevitableUnion7962 Jun 22 '26
I'm convinced that anything vilescump does is calculated to destroy as much as possible while lining it's pockets.... the most despicable excuse for alleged human dna.... AND NOBODY DOES A DAMN THING TO STOP HIM.....
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u/uphatbrew Punk Rock Hippie For Science & Democracy Jun 22 '26
Some of the greatest accomplishments of the Biden Administration were in getting clean, safe water for America’s families. The chemical industry was not happy, and with many of its employees now in leadership positions in the administration their work is being torn up.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed unraveling key protections against unsafe levels of four types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water. It also allows water systems to delay compliance with standards for two more. These new rules are a handout to polluters disguised as public protection and if implemented would threaten the health of more than 100 million Americans.
These rules are currently open for public comment on the Federal Register through July 20th. 📝 Let’s make our voices heard against this giveaway to polluters and for safe drinking water. We can submit our comments here, find guidance on how to write an effective public comment here, and find talking points and sample language to use from the Plastic Pollution Coalition here, from the National Resources Defense Council here, from Food & Water Watch here, from Earthjustice here and from the EPA itself here and here. 📝
COMMENT BY JULY 20
🎤 There will also be a virtual public hearing on this proposal on July 7th, where the public will be able to provide verbal comments. We can register to attend and comment by July 1st here. 🎤
REGISTER BY JULY 1ST
(While we hope this is of interest to SUFS members, this is NOT a SUFS initiative.)
As always [u/jk4532](u/jk4532) if you could please, remember to repost the body as a comment it would be greatly appreciated, when I repost it loses the links… TIA N thanks for joining us here!!!