On the other side, environmental and public health groups point out that the regulation only applies to two out of more than 4,000 PFAS and comes after the EPA has dragged its heels on effectively regulating the chemicals.
“EPA actions are too little and too late,” Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told CNN. “This administration and previous administrations have been fiddling around trying not to upset chemical companies and communities suffer.”