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.
Ohio man asks appeals court to revive massive PFAS class action against 3M, DuPont
12 Dec 2023 | Reuters
An Ohio resident has told a U.S. appeals court its recent ruling putting an end to a massive class action lawsuit that accused 3M, Corteva Inc subsidiary E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co and other companies of putting people's health at risk by exposing them to toxic “forever chemicals” could send a dangerous message to chemical manufacturers facing similar claims, and deserves a second look.
Testing for forever chemicals in water will likely increase your water bill
11 Dec 2023 | KFYR
But while testing water might have health benefits, it could end up hitting residents in the wallet.
‘Never seen a group of substances’ like these: House lawmakers told of the perils of PFAS
8 Dec 2023 | Florida Politics
As Florida lawmakers continue efforts to keep the state’s environment clean, lawmakers heard of a possible threat that could cause harm to the state’s residents.
Gerald R. Ford Airport PFAs contamination lawsuit returned to Kent County court
6 Dec 2023 | UpNorthLive ABC
A PFAS lawsuit against the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority will now be executed in Kent County's 17th Circuit Court.
US EPA orders packaging firm Inhance to stop making PFAS
6 Dec 2023 | c&en
The EPA says the process, used by Inhance Technologies to treat millions of HDPE plastic containers each year, creates dangerous PFAS impurities that can leach into products stored in the treated containers.
Conservation group estimates PFAS cleanup in state drinking water would cost $208 million
4 Dec 2023 | Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin Green Fire, a conservation group with a membership largely made up of former state Department of Natural Resources employees, released a report Friday that estimates the capital cost for PFAS treatment of public water systems and other sources of water would be $208 million.
U.S. tap water has a $47 billion forever chemicals problem
1 Dec 2023 | CNBC
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding some “forever chemicals” to the list of toxins that must be reported by drinking water utilities. That is going to require a lot of infrastructure investment.
Harmful ‘forever chemicals’ found in freshwater fish, yet most states don’t warn residents
1 Dec 2023 | USA Today
With no federal guidance, what is considered safe to eat varies significantly among states, most of which provide no regulation.
The story of Maine farmers impacted by PFAS is set to unfold on the silver screen
1 Dec 2023 | News Center Maine
Several farmers who first raised the alarm about PFAS chemicals will be the focus of a new short film set to premiere Dec. 9 in Los Angeles.
UN declares PFAS pollution in North Carolina a human rights violation
1 Dec 2023 | Grist
Its declaration marks the first time the international body has used such a framework to address the threat of “forever chemicals” in the U.S.
[Podcast] How PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are harming our health, with Linda Birnbaum
27 Nov 2023 | UChicago News
Linda Birnbaum explains that while we cannot completely avoid PFAS, there are steps we can take to limit our exposure.