New Senate bill limits firefighter exposure to PFAS
2 Aug 2019 | MLive
The Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act of 2019 would direct FEMA to develop educational resources to help protect firefighters, emergency response personnel, and the communities they serve from PFAS exposure.
Next President must address water crisis
1 Aug 2019 | The Detroit News
While they are in our state, the presidential candidates will be surrounded by the Great Lakes. But despite being surrounded by the world’s largest freshwater supply in the world, the sad irony is that right now in Michigan, many families don’t have access to clean drinking water in their homes.
California may be first to force water suppliers to notify customers of myriad toxic ‘forever chemicals’
31 Jul 2019 | Palm Springs Desert Sun
While New Hampshire and New Jersey require water districts to limit two PFAS chemicals and notify customers, California's law would mandate that consumers receive information about 5,000 of them, if they're detected.
Guam AG joins 21 others in asking Congress to pass legislation to address toxic chemicals
31 Jul 2019 | Pacific Daily News
The joint letter to Congress — signed by a coalition of 22 attorneys general and led by New York Attorney General Letitia James — strongly urges the Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to aid states and territories to address PFAS contamination.
Issues of the Environment: Water is not only source of PFAS, many foods also harbor chemicals
31 Jul 2019 | WEMU
David Fair, ‘Issues of the Environment,’ WEMU, discusses with Dr. John Meeker, professor of environmental health sciences at the U-M’s School of Public Health, the recent study, which determined that certain foods contain PFAS.
Professor Phil Brown talks PFAS on Morning Edition
31 Jul 2019 | WBUR’s Morning Edition
Northeastern University professor of health sciences interviewed about the dangers of PFAS.
Attorneys general urge Congress to act on ‘forever chemicals’
30 Jul 2019 | Boston Globe
A coalition of 22 State Attorneys General urges the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to help state and local governments curb the costs of cleaning up drinking water supplies contaminated by PFAS.
Michigan is tiptoeing around PFAS in dairy agriculture
30 Jul 2019 | MLive
Michigan punted on testing an Allegan County dairy farm because it worried about killing the farmer’s business.
Michigan may become 1st state to regulate GenX chemicals
29 Jul 2019 | MLive
Michigan’s efforts to advance PFAS regulation broadened this summer when it added a newer form of the toxic chemical family to its drinking water scrutiny. The move comes as the state expects this year to start receiving laboratory test results that will show whether that chemical, known as GenX, is…
New York PFAS health study gets boost from feds
26 Jul 2019 | Times Herald-Record
New York has been awarded federal funding to support a health study on the effects of toxic PFAS contamination by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The money will be used to expand a monitoring program that will assess the extent of PFAS exposure in New York communities.
‘Markedly higher’ levels of 2 PFAS found in blood of NC residents, CDC reports
26 Jul 2019
The study conducted by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services with the CDC found two PFAS (PFHxS and n-PFOS) “markedly higher” in the people drinking contaminated water in N.C. than the national estimates. GenX was not detected in the blood or urine of any of the participants, but nine PFAS were detected in blood.
‘I need PFAS polluters to be held accountable’ Congress told at hearing
25 Jul 2019 | MLive
At a recent U.S. Congressional subcommittee meeting, Sandy Wynn-Stelt, the West Michigan woman with eye-widening number of fluorochemicals in her blood, detailed her sense of loss as she realized that her husband may have died from the high levels in their drinking water due to contamination from an old dump once filled with Scotchguard from Wolverine Worldwide’s factory.
Corporations behind toxic ‘forever chemicals’ spend big as lawmakers seek to crack down
25 Jul 2019 | E.A. Crunden
Manufacturers of toxic nonstick chemicals are ramping up lobbying efforts in the face of heightened lawmaker scrutiny of the products.
Ardmore refinery sues chemical manufacturers for toxic ‘forever chemical’
25 Jul 2019 | The Frontier
An Oklahoma petroleum refinery has sued several chemical manufacturers and fire suppression equipment companies for damages it expects to incur because of a type of chemical that was used in the fire-extinguishing foam stored and used at the refinery.
Military starts task force after spreading toxic “forever chemicals”
24 Jul 2019 | The Hill
Secretary Mark Esper created a task force responsible for devising PFAS cleanup standards, finding an alternative firefighting foam without PFAS, and addressing “Public/Congress perceptions of DoD's efforts.”