University study questions safety of GenX-like chemicals
30 Aug 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
The study found that various short-chain PFAS chemicals are widely detected in drinking water supplies. It also found that chemicals may harm both human and ecosystem health and that existing drinking water treatment approaches for the removal of long-chain PFAS are less effective for short-chain PFAS chemicals.
For 50 years, polluters knew PFAS chemicals were dangerous but hid risks from public
29 Aug 2019 | EWG
A timeline of internal memos, studies and other company documents detailing 3M and DuPont's history of deception.
Chemours submits reports, PFAS reduction proposal
29 Aug 2019 | Bladen Journal
There are seven recommended actions to be taken, four to be completed within two years and three that will take up to five years to complete.
Documents show 3M knew of dangers of PFAS chemicals, activist group says
28 Aug 2019 | Star Tribune
The Environmental Working Group released 20 3M documents as part of a timeline that demonstrate that the company knew for decades about and hid the dangers of PFAS... The earliest document dates to 1950.
State tightens contamination levels; SCV Water sets up testing
23 Aug 2019 | The Santa Clarita Valley Signal
The updated state [California] guidelines lower the current notification level from 14 ppt to 5.1 ppt for PFOA and from 13 ppt to 6.5 ppt for PFOS.
'Forever chemicals' linked to cancer and developmental issues lurk in the blood of almost every American. Here's how to avoid them
23 Aug 2019 | Business Insider
PFAS are difficult to avoid, but there are still ways to screen your household items.
Warminster: Incinerator no longer accepting PFAS waste
21 Aug 2019 | The Intelligencer
Warminster municipal officials say they are being told incinerators and landfills across the state will not accept waste containing firefighting foam chemicals until regulatory agencies clarify whether it’s acceptable.
Maine’s ‘forever chemical’ restrictions not applied to compost
20 Aug 2019 | Portland Press Herald
State environmental regulators have allowed companies to sell compost made with treated municipal sludge to the public this summer, even as they restrict the use of sludge on many farm fields because of concerns about chemical contamination.
N.H. gets $5 million to test for chemicals in residents
19 Aug 2019 | NHPR
New Hampshire is getting federal money to study the health effects of toxins near a Superfund site in Berlin and in homes and private wells statewide including mercury, dioxins, and PFAS.
Michigan publishes first statewide study of PFAS in water supply
17 Aug 2019 | WJMN
Samples [were collected] from 1,723 public water systems statewide, such as community water supplies, schools on their own well, child care providers on their own well, and tribal water systems. 14 different PFAS compounds [were tested]. PFAS levels between 10 and 70 ppt were detected in roughly 3 percent of systems tested.
Maine dairy farmer’s blood tests high for ‘forever chemicals’ from toxic sludge
16 Aug 2019 | York County Coast Star
Blood tests performed on Arundel dairy farmer Fred Stone show levels of the “forever chemicals” 20 times the national average more than two years after he and his wife stopped drinking the milk and water on the farm.
Cancer-linked forever chemicals found in more consumer products raises unanswered questions
13 Aug 2019 | NBC Bay Area
The New Food Economy tested fiber bowls from 14 locations of eight New York City restaurants and found that they contained high levels of fluorine, which indicates intentional treatment with PFAS compounds.
Decades-old toxic chemicals are melting out of Himalayas now
13 Aug 2019 | The Weather Channel
The Himalayas, which feed numerous perennial rivers of South Asia with pristine water, have now become a source of toxic chemicals too! Despite being far away from the actual source of pollution, glaciers often act as cold storage units for many persistent toxic chemicals. But once the ice starts to melt, the toxic pollutants are released back into the environment.
Industry cites 3M experiment that exposed cancer patients to PFAS to claim the chemicals aren’t so bad
12 Aug 2019 | The Intercept
Defenders of the chemicals known as PFAS have seized upon an industry-funded study of cancer patients as evidence that the compounds used to make Teflon, firefighting foam, and many other products aren’t as dangerous as they seem.
PFAS contamination is likely at Pittsburgh airport. Airports may face legal challenges by doing nothing
12 Aug 2019 | Public Source
Records show the airport purchased 4,950 gallons of AFFF concentrate from 2012 to 2018. PublicSource does not have records for how much the airport purchased before 2012.