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At least 17 states have issued PFAS-related fish consumption advisories, KFF Health News found. But with no federal guidance, what is considered safe to eat varies significantly among states, most of which provide no regulation.

Walk through the PFAS drinking water testing process and learn what the first round of results mean.

Declaring that “there is no safe level of lead,” the Biden administration estimates that the proposed rule would reduce lead exposure for approximately 250,000 to 500,000 children under the age of 6 each year.

Environmental activists says the pricey EPA proposals won't stop the chemicals from making their way into the air, waste or consumer products, nor would it clean up existing contamination.

The U.S. Geological Survey said "forever chemicals" are in private wells in addition to public systems. The agency based its report on samples taken from 716 locations.

The EPA says its proposal will reduce ethylene oxide emissions by roughly 80% by targeting 86 medical sterilization facilities across the United States.

The rules would lower emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm brain development of young children and contribute to heart attacks and other health problems in adults.

Some 9.2 million lead pipes carry water into homes across the U.S., and Florida has nearly 1.16 million of them. according to a new EPA survey is dictating how billions of dollars to find and replace those pipes are spent.

The long-awaited plan would limit PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect. The EPA says it will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan, who walked along a creek that still reeks of chemicals, sought to reassure skeptical residents that the water is fit for drinking and the air safe to breathe around East Palestine.