EPA proposes exemptions for 'forever chemical' reporting requirements

Source: The Hill

11/10/25 5:31 PM ET


The Trump administration is proposing to loosen requirements for companies to report on their uses of “forever chemicals.” These chemicals, many of which are toxic, have been used in a wide array of consumer and other applications, including to make items that are nonstick, waterproof and stain resistant.

While formally called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, they have become known as “forever chemicals” because they can take hundreds or thousands of years to break down in the environment.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it is moving to exempt some companies that make or import these chemicals from requirements to report them. Specifically, if PFAS make up 0.1 percent or less of an item or mixture, the company that makes it would be exempt from the reporting requirement.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin argued in a written statement that the change his agency is proposing would reduce costs for industry.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5599330-epa-pfas-forever-chemicals/