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WATCH LIVE: Zeldin testfies on budget request as EPA announces it plans to weaken limits on some PFAS chemicals

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Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year .

Limits on three types of PFAS , including GenX substances found in North Carolina , will be scrapped and reconsidered by the agency.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is testifying at 10 a.m. before the House Appropriations Committee .

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