Relatively speaking, the EPA has pushed (in the wrong direction) the boundaries about 1,000,000x less than corporations have. We have PFAS everywhere (a recent HN article). Look at the list of superfund sites in the US. I think the EPA does far too little to protect us from cancer causing chemicals because politicians allow them to pollute. Fracking's 500 chemicals declared a proprietary:
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hydraulic-fracturing....
We know a lot more about cancer and what causes it compared to when the EPA was founded. Look at how little we do with that knowledge.