Frustrated families in Summerville, Ga. wait for water solutions
28 Aug 2020 | News Channel 9
Back in January, the EPA found PFOS and PFOA in the water, above the recommended levels.
Environmental groups push for rule on firefighting foam, decry industry influence
28 Aug 2020 | The Journal Times
The Natural Resources Board earlier this month voted to table a rule that would establish guidelines on containment and disposal of PFAS containing firefighting foam after industry groups and some Republican lawmakers voiced their objections.
[Press Release] EPA, U.S. Department of Defense, and state partners launch technical challenge seeking innovative ways to destroy PFAS in firefighting foam
25 Aug 2020 | EPA Press Office
The goal is to discover new non-thermal technologies and approaches that can remove PFAS in unused aqueous film forming firefighting foam, without creating any harmful byproducts.
Are forever chemicals harming ocean life?
25 Aug 2020 | EcoWatch
Once in the ocean, PFAS can persist for decades or longer — and travel long distances.
Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
24 Aug 2020 | Associated Press
North Carolina allowed Chemours Co., which is cleaning up PFAS in drinking water, to pause sampling of residential wells. Saint-Gobain, whose New Hampshire plant has been linked by the state to water contaminated with PFAS, has requested delaying smokestack upgrades.
Geologists study Clarendon Gorge to map the spread of PFAS
23 Aug 2020 | VTDigger
The intend of the study is to track the spread of PFAS near the Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport and determine how they travel through the aquifer to the drinking wells of nearby residents.
The battle for Decatur: PFAS contamination divides an Alabama town
23 Aug 2020 | The Intercept
This is just one of a series of conflicts playing out throughout the United States. In countless communities where PFAS have been discovered, residents are now grappling with — and sometimes fighting over — how to force powerful companies to clean them up.
Michigan claims PFAS makers hid firefighting foam danger in new lawsuits
21 Aug 2020 | MLive.com
Michigan Attorney General has filed dual lawsuits in state and federal court against multiple companies that manufacturer, sell or distribute a type of chemical-based firefighting foam that has led to widespread environmental contamination.
3M strikes deal to clean Tennessee River
19 Aug 2020 | AON
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has struck a deal with the 3M Company to clean up chemicals that it admitted to illegally releasing into the Tennessee River over a 10-year period. The agreement requires the company to clean up the chemicals and identify affected sites.
Effect of PFAS on children’s immune system studied
17 Aug 2020 | Foster's Daily Democrat
Testing For Pease is the community partner of the Silent Spring Institute for a children’s health study looking at how PFAS impacts immune function in kids. They hope to get 60 children from the Pease community and 60 from Cape Cod for their study.
New agreement requires 99% reduction of Chemours’ PFAS water pollution
13 Aug 2020 | Southern Environmental Law Center
Attorneys reached an agreement today on the details of next steps under a consent order with N.C. DEQ and Chemours, requiring the chemical company to stop 99% of GenX and other PFAS water pollution from its site into the Cape Fear River, the source of drinking water for the surrounding counties.
Deal reached for Chemours to stop remaining GenX chemical pollution of Cape Fear River
13 Aug 2020 | Star News
The DEQ said it will take public comment on the proposed amendment to a previous agreement regarding Chemours’ long discharge of PFAS chemicals into the river and the air from its plant on the Cape Fear River south of Fayetteville.
Natural Resources Board delays PFAS rule in response to industry objections
13 Aug 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
The rule was drafted in response to bipartisan legislation passed last year restricting the use of fluorinated foam to emergency situations and testing facilities that the DNR determines to have “appropriate containment, treatment and disposal measures.”
The latest on PFAS and drinking water
12 Aug 2020 | EHS Daily Advisor
States with adopted PFAS limits in drinking water include CA, CT, CO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, and VT, and states with proposed limits include IL, MA, MI, and NY.
PFAS water cleanup…have you bought yourself a multi-million dollar Superfund issue?
11 Aug 2020 | The National Law Review
Water utilities must pay special attention to PFAS developments under CERCLA.