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‘We can never get to zero’: Organics recyclers face hard choices in responding to PFAS contamination
19 Oct 2020 | WasteDrive
In January of this year, the Michigan city of Ann Arbor announced a grim discovery: traces of a notorious group of toxic chemicals had cropped up in the city’s compost facility.
[Press Release] Study: More than 200 million Americans could have toxic PFAS in their drinking water
16 Oct 2020 | EurekAlert
PFAS pollution is affecting even more Americans than we previously estimated. They are likely detectable in all major water supplies in the U.S., almost certainly in all that use surface water.
Gillibrand joins letter urging management of dangerous fire suppressant chemicals that contaminated Fort Drum
14 Oct 2020 | NNY 360
The letter details how PFAS have become a major contaminant in drinking water sources for more than 650 American military bases across the world.
Young, Senate colleagues urge inclusion in NDAA of toxic chemical prevention provisions
13 Oct 2020 | Ripon Advance News Service
The bipartisan group of lawmakers is requesting inclusion of several provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that would help prevent the potential harm caused by toxic PFAS at American military bases.
Pease Health Study on PFAS in water set to resume
9 Oct 2020 | Seacoast Online
Thousands of people working at Pease International Tradeport, along with children and infants who attended two day cares there, were exposed to multiple PFAS chemicals from contaminated water in the city-owned Haven well until its closure in 2014. The water was contaminated by firefighting foam used at the former Pease Air Force Base.
[Op-ed] PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are widespread and threaten human health – here’s a strategy for protecting the public
9 Oct 2020 | The Conversation US
Given that PFAS pollution is so ubiquitous and hard to remove, many health experts assert that the only way to address it is by reducing PFAS production and use as much as possible.
Michigan PFAS activist has cancer, says she’s not surprised
7 Oct 2020 | The Detroit News
She has lived for more than 30 years across from a a site where Wolverine Worldwide dumped PFAS-tainted sludge.
[Press Release] MDE releases report on sampling for PFAS in St. Mary’s River surface water and oysters
5 Oct 2020 | EIN Presswire
The Maryland study found no detections of PFAS in oysters. Surface water concentrations ranged from 2.3 to 13.5 ng/L. Starting this year, MDE will begin to sample for PFAS in recreationally fish.
New ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating the environment, regulators say
1 Oct 2020 | Consumer Reports
Efforts to oversee one PFAS compound from the chemical company Solvay illustrate the challenges officials face.
Toxic PFAS found in livers of Atlantic seabirds, including those in NC
1 Oct 2020 | The Progressive Pulse
The most abundant type of PFAS found was PFOS, a chemical used in stain repellants like Scotchgard until it was phased out of production in the early 2000s.
California law bans toxic PFAS from firefighting foam
30 Sep 2020 | EWG
The law bans the manufacture, sale and use of firefighting foam containing PFAS from use in most applications by January 1, 2022.
Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS?
29 Sep 2020 | The Intercept
A proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances has been sitting at the White House for more than a year.
OECD report on PFAS alternatives for food packaging
28 Sep 2020 | Food Packaging Forum
A recent OECD report finds non-fluorinated alternatives to PFAS in paper and board coatings available and effective, with market uptake primarily limited by increase in price. The report encourages governments to “further disseminate information on the potential health and environmental risks of PFAS and non-PFAS alternatives” and to “consider funding research into non-PFAS alternatives, including an understanding of their functionality, costs and potential health and environmental risks.”
Massachusetts finalizes drinking water standard for PFAS
28 Sep 2020 | The National Law Review
Massachusetts is establishing a drinking water limit of 20 ppt for six PFAS, combined.
Why dangerous 'forever chemicals' are still allowed in America's drinking water
24 Sep 2020 | Consumer Reports
PFAS compounds are also ubiquitous, used in a range of products, from food-delivery boxes to nonstick cookware to stain-resistant clothing. But one of the most troubling routes to PFAS exposure is drinking water that has been contaminated by discharges from factories and other facilities