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![Bright Ripples on Water in a Glass Cup on Blue Background High Angle View.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0710-water-400x300.jpg)
EPA’s Proposed Rule on “Forever Chemicals” Wouldn’t Cover Majority of PFAS
The rule accounts for only a tenth of the toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances used by manufacturers.
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At Least 45 Percent of US Tap Water Contaminated With PFAS “Forever Chemicals”
So far, the scale of contamination in local water systems and private wells outpaces detection and cleanup efforts.
![Members of the Larson family, who have no running water in their home, collect water from a distribution point in the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau in New Mexico on May 22, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0623-navajo-water-400x300.jpg)
The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Claim
The decision could reverberate along the Colorado River Basin where 30 tribal nations rely on the river’s water supply.
![The Pascua Yaqui reservation, with a casino and golf course, lower left. Arizona Republicans introduced a bill in 2020 to bar tribes from renewing casino licenses if they had unresolved water rights litigation with the state. The measure failed.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0616-arizona-water-1a-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Is Extracting Steep Concessions to Thwart Navajo Nation’s Water Rights
When handed tribes’ water claims, Arizona has responded by creating cumbersome hurdles that don’t exist in other states.
![A screen grab captured from a video shows the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station after a blast occurred in a plant which is in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Kherson on June 6, 2023. The explosion unleashed floodwaters across the war zone.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0606-ukraine-dam-400x300.jpg)
Drinking Water Threatened and Thousands Evacuate After Ukrainian Dam Destroyed
Already heightened concerns about the operational safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have intensified.
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EPA Fails to Monitor Almost Half of All “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water
Dozens of PFAS are quietly lurking in many municipalities' drinking water — and residents might not even be aware.
![The Delaware River as seen from Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1249564022-400x300.jpg)
Chemical Plant That Polluted Delaware River Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007
Who will guarantee our safety in the future when this inevitably happens again? Because it will, and it already has.
![Aelicia Hodge, center, helps hand out cases of bottled water at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site on August 31, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0120-jackson-water-400x300.jpg)
White Communities More Likely to Receive Funds to Fix Aging Water Infrastructure
A new report blames systemic racism and disinvestment for the rise in inequities in water infrastructure.
![Craig Stevens, left, of Silver Lake Township, Pennsylvania, and Ray Kemble, right, of Dimock, Pennsylvania, show water samples collected from Dimock, Pennsylvania, during a rally on fracking-related water investigations, on October 10, 2014, outside the EPA's Headquarters in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1201-dimock-water-400x300.jpg)
Fracking Firm Agrees to Pay a Small Town’s Water Bills for 75 Years
A fracking company has been convicted 14 years after polluting water wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania.
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GOP Opposed Infrastructure Upgrades; Now This Mississippi City Has No Safe Water
As many as 180,000 people in Jackson, Mississippi, may not have access to safe running water for the foreseeable future.