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18.10.2021 / 19:03

PFAS: EPA announces strategy to regulate toxic 'forever chemicals'

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday unveiled a new strategy to regulate PFAS, or so-called toxic "forever chemicals," that are associated with a range of health conditions and used in countless consumer products.EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced a series of actions to limit pollution from the cluster of long-lasting chemicals that are increasingly turning up in public drinking water systems, private wells and even food.

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EPA chief, Ohio governor drink tap water near train derailment site after heavy criticism

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Rep. Bill Johnson, right, drink tap water during a visit to a woman's home near the site of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, Tuesday, Feb.

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GOP lawmakers slam EPA chief over firing of science advisers

WASHINGTON – Two House Republicans are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency provide records related to a decision by the agency's new leader to remove dozens of scientists and other experts from two key advisory boards.

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AP interview: EPA head committed to 'scientific integrity'

WASHINGTON – Moving forward on a pledge to restore “scientific integrity,” the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency is reversing Trump administration actions that sidelined many academic scientists from key advisory boards in favor of industry figures.

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Dr. Miguel Cardona, Connecticut's schools chief, tapped as Biden's education secretary

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AP source: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary

Michael Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, according to two people familiar with the selection process. Earlier this week, Biden introduced former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg as his transportation secretary, and he intends to make former Michigan Gov.

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Biden picks regulator Michael Regan for EPA administrator

Regan points to his efforts to hold accountable Chemours, which is the main business blamed for the toxic PFAS pollution, and other work ranging from improving regulation of the state's giant hog farms to releasing a plan to cut climate-damaging fossil fuel pollution from power plants by 70 percent within 10 years.He previously spent almost a decade at the federal EPA, including managing a national program for air-pollution issues.His past jobs included serving as an associate vice president for climate and energy issues at the Environmental Defense Fund advocacy group and as head of his own environmental and energy consulting firm.Regan, who is Black, has a bachelor’s degree from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State

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