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For Trump, Chemicals in Straws Are a Crisis. In Water, Maybe Less So.

April 26, 2025 / by

Hiroko Tabuchi /

The New York Times

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, and Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), were quoted in The New York Times. An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap water nationwide hasn’t gotten the same attention.

Sludge Contaminated 10,000 Acres of Farmland. What Should Be Done?

April 21, 2025 / by

Hiroko Tabuchi /

The New York Times

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in the New York Times. For years a textile mill gave farmers its sewage sludge as free fertilizer. Today the land is full of “forever chemicals.”

EPA Limits Remain on ‘Forever Chemicals’ – For Now. See What’s In Your Drinking Water.

March 28, 2025 / by

Austin Fast Ignacio Calderon /

USA Today

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in USA Today. “More than 37 million Americans drink water from systems that exceed limits on toxic “forever chemicals,” according to USA TODAY’s analysis of the first update of Environmental Protection Agency data under the Trump administration.”

States Tout Need For PFAS Data Amid EPA Plans To Eliminate ORD

March 20, 2025 / by

Pavithra Rajesh /

Inside EPA

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in Inside EPA about how the elimination of EPA’s Office of Research and Development would bring PFAS toxicity testing and contamination data to a halt, significantly slowing down regulations for the chemical class.

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