A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals

Inside Climate News · By Lisa Sorg · last updated October 12, 2025 – 1:06 AM

For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quashing their success.

By Lisa Sorg

Forever War, Part 1: This story is published in partnership with The Assembly and with WHQR, a nonprofit radio station and NPR affiliate in Wilmington. It is the first in a series of stories about the PFAS crisis in North Carolina.

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