New EPA limit is progress in effort to protect drinking water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken a huge step forward on the path to make drinking water safer for millions of Americans — including many people here in Frederick County — by setting tougher standards for “forever chemicals.” The state and federal governments must finish the work. Now comes the hardest part: identifying the sources of the chemicals, stopping them from getting into the water supply and — most challenging of all — cleaning up our drinking water.