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Rokita launches PFAS lawsuit aimed at companies around Indiana using toxic ‘forever chemicals’
15 Apr 2024 | Indiana Capital Chronicle
The move is in sharp contrast to state lawmakers’ attempts earlier this year to ensure manufacturers can use most PFAS substances.
Babies exposed to PFAS weigh less at birth, earn less as adults, study finds
15 Apr 2024 | Minnesota Reformer
People born in the 1970s and 1980s near military bases with high levels of groundwater PFAS contamination had lower birth weights, were less likely to graduate college, and today earn less money than similar individuals who were not exposed to high levels of PFAS, according to a new working paper by economists at Iowa State University and the U.S. Census Bureau.
What are PFAS? "Forever chemicals" and their health effects, explained
11 Apr 2024 | CBS News
But according to industry documentation, evidence has been growing for decades that PFAS are toxic.
USGS study finds PFAS levels increase in Rio Grande as it flows past Albuquerque
10 Apr 2024 | KRQE News
“When we look for PFAS, typically guess what? We find it. And that’s the nature of the chemical: it does not break down in the environment, it does accumulate in our bodies, so the less we ingest the better off we are,” says James Kenney, cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED).
Toxic ‘forever’ chemicals found in excessive levels in global groundwater, study says
8 Apr 2024 | CNN
“The significance of this (new) paper is highlighting the failure of chemical policy and allowing widespread release of PFAS to the extent that they have been dispersed across the globe to contaminate water everywhere,” said David Andrews, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group.
Mark Ruffalo on the ‘evil’ company that poisoned every person on the planet – then kept it secret
4 Apr 2024 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo will feature in a new Australian documentary exposing the multibillion-dollar David and Goliath battle to hold the world’s largest chemical companies to account for decades of toxic contamination.
The Children’s Place dodges lawsuit over ‘forever chemicals’ in school uniforms
3 Apr 2024 | Reuters
A U.S. judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Illinois mother against The Children’s Place for allegedly selling school uniforms that contain toxic ‘forever chemicals’ without proper warnings.
State officials update progress on 1,4-dioxane, PFAS regulations
3 Apr 2024 | WRAL News
State regulators with the NC Department of Environmental Quality said the EPA is expected to finalize drinking water standards in the coming month for "forever chemicals," which will influence the agency's progress on regulations for contaminants in drinking water.
‘I wouldn’t put my damn daughter in these’: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ lurk in feminine products
3 Apr 2024 | The Hill
Thinx denies that its products contain the substances, but settled a class-action lawsuit over allegations that they do last year.
Not ‘reasonable’: Spokane International Airport hits back against state PFAS cleanup order
2 Apr 2024 | The Spokesman-Review
Spokane International Airport is pushing back against a “disappointing” state Department of Ecology order to begin PFAS cleanup planning – stating the airport will move forward with its own investigation into the presence of the toxic chemicals.
Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire
1 Apr 2024 | Inside Climate News
Community members are working with a local environmental nonprofit to facilitate the potential testing, but Alabama’s top environment regulator said prior testing for PFAS in water sources served “no purpose.”
Debate about safety of synthetic turf and 'forever chemicals' raises concerns for some
1 Apr 2024 | ABC News
The grass may be greener if it's made of synthetic turf, but some communities are raising concerns about "forever chemicals" that may be found in many of the faux fields.
Armadillo Merino USA launches PFAS-free station wear
29 Mar 2024
Armadillo Merino USA has launched a line of station wear and PPE that is PFAS-free, and made of Merino wool.
Chemours’ stock plummets after releasing annual report, NC litigation driver of $238M in net losses
28 Mar 2024 | Port City Daily
The multinational chemical corporation at the heart of North Carolina’s PFAS controversy reported $238 million in annual net losses this week, primarily due to litigations in the state and multiple other fronts.
As WA tackles PFAS pollution, some worry about ‘piecemeal’ approach
26 Mar 2024 | Seattle Times
State-mandated testing revealed a San Juan Island community was drinking toxic water. But who is responsible for paying for a new water source?