US Food Faces PFAS Challenge as European Rules, Policies Expand
12 Sep 2023 | Pat Rizzuto and Stephen Gardner
European limits on the amounts of PFAS allowed in food are the first of several policies that analysts expect will affect US exports and the domestic food supply.
Notice of Recruitment for Population Health PhD Applicants in Environmental Health at Northeastern University
11 Sep 2023
Come join our growing team of environmental health researchers in the Department of Health Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts!
State files lawsuit against Gerald R. Ford Int'l Airport for PFAS inaction
11 Sep 2023 | Fox17 News
Attorney General Dana Nessel says PFAS originating from the airport was detected in Cascade Township's drinking water.
Community calls on Department of Defence to expand PFAS testing zone in Richmond
11 Sep 2023 | ABC News
The Richmond RAAF base lies about a kilometre away from her house, however, she said she was not informed that toxic PFAS chemicals had leached from the site into nearby properties before she bought the home.
U.S. House Budget Threats Jeopardize Proposed PFAS Regulations
8 Sep 2023 | Public News Service
Environmental groups say a proposal to cut $4 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency budget would gut the regulations designed to clean up toxic chemicals from public water systems in Illinois and across the country.
'Forever chemicals' from US base in Tokyo fueling residents' fears
8 Sep 2023 | Mainichi Japan
Residents living near a U.S. military base in western Tokyo have been having deepening concerns about their health after a recent local study found many of them have excessive amounts of harmful substances, dubbed "forever chemicals," in their bloodstream.
Dutch lawyers sue Chemours, DuPont over PFAS
7 Sep 2023 | c&en
The companies are accused of misleading regulators to obtain discharge permits.
‘Like a Russian Roulette’: US Military Firefighters Grapple With Unknowns of PFAS Exposure
7 Sep 2023 | KFF Health News
A U.S. military firefighter for 32 years, Kurt Rhodes trained and performed his duties with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF — a highly effective fire suppressant that he never knew contained PFAS chemicals, now known to be harmful to human health.
Georgia researchers work to remove harmful forever chemicals from water
6 Sep 2023 | WSB-TV
Your tap water could be filled with a major health hazard called forever chemicals.
3M’s Revised PFAS Settlement Includes Atypical Liability Terms
5 Sep 2023 | Bloomberg Law
An unusual provision states and the 3M Co. negotiated in a revised multibillion-dollar PFAS settlement limits some future liability that water utilities and the company could face, a notable change with more litigation over the chemicals likely, attorneys say.
Florida City Becomes Key Player in "Forever Chemicals" Fight
5 Sep 2023 | Fox
Dave Peters took pride in supplying the residents of Stuart, Florida with award-winning drinking water. The former public works director says he clearly remembers one evening back in 2016 when the city’s living "nightmare" began.
3M faces further legal battles after earplugs, PFAS settlements
5 Sep 2023 | Yahoo!Finance
3M Company settled a lawsuit over faulty earplugs sold to the U.S. military for $6 billion, but that still may not be the end of the company's legal troubles.
PFAS water contamination in schools forces thousands of children to steer clear of fountains and rely on bottled water
5 Sep 2023 | DailyMail.com
A PFAS contamination crisis in school drinking water has forced dozens of classrooms nationwide to quietly switch to bottled water.
Pharma, agri companies face threat of EU ban on some ‘forever chemicals’
4 Sep 2023 | POLITICO
A draft opinion is likely to spook the billion-dollar industries, which rely heavily on the chemicals.
3M's $10.3 billion PFAS settlement gets preliminary approval
30 Aug 2023 | Reuters
3M on Tuesday secured preliminary approval for a $10.3 billion deal resolving claims by U.S. public water providers that the company polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals, less than a day after a group of 22 U.S. states and territories dropped their objections to the deal.