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Tens of millions of people in this country drink arsenic-contaminated water. It could get a lot worse

Laura Paddison, CNN March 22, 2024

CNN -- It started with spots dappled across people’s chests and backs. Unusual hard patches on the skin of their palms and soles of their feet. For some, a blackening of...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: A view of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed budget for 2018 seeks to cut the EPA's budget by 31 percent from $8.1 billion to $5.7 billion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

EPA weakens protections for streams and wetlands

Originally Published: 23 JAN 20 08:57 ETUpdated: 23 JAN 20 13:39 ET     (CNN) -- The Trump administration is removing some federal water protections, siding with requests from industry and farm groups...