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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.”

Dissolving EPA’s Research Arm May Jeopardize Toxic Chemical Protections

March 24, 2025 / by

Shannon Kelleher /

The New Lede

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, former Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development, were quoted in The New Lede about chemical protection regulations that would likely be rolled back and critical epidemiological studies on emerging chemicals that would be stopped if ORD is eliminated.

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.

ORD’s Planned Elimination Could Gut Key PFAS Testing, Observers Say

March 19, 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 ORD would bring PFAS toxicity testing and contamination data to halt, significantly slowing down regulations for the chemical class.

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