Comment submitted by Teri Desmarais

American citizens are fed up with being systematically poisoned through our food system and our drinking water!!!! The EPA was created to protect us from exactly what they are now allowing to happen. You are supposed to be protecting the environment, hence protecting our food and water sources as well as our wildlife, our air and our soil from poisons. ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY!!!! Get it? If you're going to side with lobbyists and big $$$ corporations over the health of the people of this country, then there is NO NEED for your agency to exist. It's not enough that you are not doing anything to stop the geo-engineering going on in our skies or doing a damn thing to stop dangerous, neurotoxin laced pesticides on our crops or banning 10s of thousands of chemicals from our food supply, (Europe only allows 400 chemicals in their food supply). Now you want to do away with what little protections we do have against dangerous forever chemicals. You Mr. Zeldin and the EPA, stacked with chemical industry lobbyists are the enemy of a healthy America. I urge EPA to reject its proposal to weaken PFAS drinking water regulations. For decades, communities across the country have been exposed to PFAS contamination without their knowledge or consent. These chemicals are extraordinarily persistent, do not break down naturally, and have been associated with cancer, immune dysfunction, developmental impacts, reproductive harms, and other serious health concerns. Rolling back existing protections would force affected communities to bear the burden of continued contamination while responsible corporations avoid accountability. Many of the hardest-hit communities are already facing economic and environmental challenges and cannot afford further delays in addressing this public health crisis. The EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. That mission requires stronger action on PFAS, not weaker standards. EPA should preserve current drinking water protections, enforce compliance, make polluters pay, and ensure that every community has access to clean, safe, PFAS-free drinking water.