GreenScreen Certification shows packaging is free from PFAS
13 Jan 2024 | New Hope Network
Green Screen for Safer Chemicals, which operates the certification program, examines the chemistry of single-use and reusable packaging products.
Health-Ade hit with class action lawsuit claiming its kombucha contains PFAS
12 Jan 2024 | Reuters
Alanna Morton, a New York resident, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, claiming the company misleadingly marketed and advertised its kombucha as a “health” product even though it tested positive for dangerously high levels of PFAS.
House Resolution Would Push Accountability For Saint-Gobain’s PFAS Pollution
12 Jan 2024 | InDepthNH.org
The resolution as written calls for compensation from Saint-Gobain to pay for PFAS-related injuries and treatment, for water and soil to be cleaned.
EPA finalizes new rules for companies producing toxic PFAS chemicals
11 Jan 2024 | WHYY
Companies must now notify the EPA if they want to resume the production of certain PFAS chemicals.
The race to destroy the toxic ‘forever chemicals’ polluting our world
8 Jan 2024 | The Guardian
As countries work to ban more and more PFAS, focus is shifting to how to remove the ones already out there.
Navigating the changing landscape of PFAS regulations
8 Jan 2024 | The Insurer
Navigating the complexities of these regulations requires a proactive approach, including internal risk assessments, documentation, strategic planning, and risk transfer where possible.
PFAS found in almost 1,000 products sold in Maine, so far
4 Jan 2024 | Portland Press Herald
From shampoo to school supplies, dog treats to dishware, the brand names that admit to using forever chemicals are ubiquitous.
‘I’ve been drinking poison for 30 years’: West Plains residents reckon with slow-moving PFAS cleanup
31 Dec 2023 | The Columbian
“My emotions have been on a roller coaster for the last couple of months. Anger. Disappointment. Verging on heartbreak,” Danner said in a mid-December interview. “I’ve been drinking poison for 30 years and there’s nothing going to be done about it anytime soon.”
‘Forever chemicals’ found in freshwater fish, yet most states don’t warn residents
29 Dec 2023 | Brudge Michigan
With no federal guidance, what is considered safe to eat varies significantly among states, most of which provide no regulation.
‘Forever chemicals’ were everywhere in 2023. Expect more litigation in 2024
28 Dec 2023 | Reuters
Lawsuits accusing major chemical companies of polluting U.S. drinking water with toxic PFAS chemicals led to over $11 billion in settlements in 2023, with experts predicting that new federal regulations and a growing awareness of the breadth of PFAS contamination in the U.S. will spur more litigation and settlements in the year ahead.
Firefighter's Cancer Leads Wife to Discovery of Toxic Gear Killing Heroes Across U.S.: ‘It’s Infuriating’
27 Dec 2023 | People
Since 2002 cancer has been responsible for the deaths of almost two out of every three firefighters, according to the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Inside the Pentagon's Painfully Slow Effort to Clean Up Decades of PFAS Contamination
27 Dec 2023 | Military.com
Thirteen years later, the community is still waiting on whatever it will take to clean its water. As a result of dogged activism and pressure from government officials, the Air Force has finally taken initial steps simply to contain the chemicals.
Sheboygan Common Council approves joining multi-district PFAS settlement
15 Dec 2023 | Sheboygan Press
The council's vote allows the city to file a claim in the Aqueous Film-Forming Product settlement in South Carolina District Court.
‘Forever chemicals’ remain in Minnesota, but Pentagon says PFAS are crucial to national security
13 Dec 2023 | KSTP
3M recently announced it will stop manufacturing PFAS by 2025, and a new Minnesota law bans all non-essential uses of the chemicals, but now the effort to expand reforms is being called a threat to national security.
Netherlands warns children not to swallow sea foam over PFAS concerns
13 Dec 2023 | The Guardian
The Dutch government has warned people to stop children and pets swallowing foam at the seaside, after a study showed “forever chemicals” were concentrated in the sea foam.