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January 8, 2026

EPA says it will propose drinking water limit for perchlorate, but only because court ordered it

  • The agency's move is the latest in a decade-plus battle over whether to regulate the chemical.
    • By MICHAEL PHILLIS
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Ric Francis, File [enlarge]
    A sign is posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at a site in Rialto, Calif.

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so wouldn't significantly benefit public health and that it was acting only because a court ordered it.


     
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