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Morgan Watkins, Louisville Public Media

mwatkins@lpm.org

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Louisville Found PFAS in Drinking Water. The Trump Administration Wouldn’t Require Any Action.

By Morgan Watkins, Louisville Public Media February 12, 2026 KFF Health News Original

After detecting a sudden spike in PFAS in its drinking water, the city traced it upstream along the Ohio River to a factory in West Virginia. But the EPA has relaxed Biden-era plans to regulate PFAS levels. So what happens next?

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