> A unanimous three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday agreed with Inhance Technologies that the EPA overstepped its authority by issuing the orders, since they were rooted in a section of the federal toxic chemical law reserved for regulating "new" chemicals.

That's pretty ridiculous. It would be nice if Congress did the obvious "right thing to do" and amended the law that defines the EPA's power, but we all know that they won't do anything of the kind, and it will be left to a higher court to reinterpret existing law and reverse the decision.

Is tap water unsafe?

This seems to frame it as though bottled water isn't ultimately just tap water.

The EPA is imposing a limit on PFAS in tap water. How do you infer that bottled water companies will start voluntarily to limit PFAS in their bottled water without government action?