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"West Virginia lawmakers in the Senate passed a bill to weaken drinking water protections by loosening regulations for certain aboveground storage tanks. It is the latest move to weaken the Aboveground Storage Tank Act, passed in 2014 after a chemical leak from Freedom Industries along the Elk River contaminated drinking water for nearly 300,000 West Virginians in the Charleston area."

"House Bill 998 by Del. Holly Seibold, D-Fairfax, would require ingredient labels be listed on all menstrual products sold in Virginia, an effort to better inform consumers about possibly toxic substances in the reproductive health items." "As concerns over toxic metals and ‘forever chemicals’ flare, bill would offer consumers more clarity on products if signed into law."

"The city of Dayton anticipates spending hundreds of millions of dollars to remove PFAS from its drinking water. The city recently filed a new lawsuit claiming Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is liable for the costs."

"At least 111 substances of unknown safety have been added to foods, drinks and supplements sold in the United States without alerting the US Food and Drug Administration, a new investigation found."