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.
Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do, study finds
28 Aug 2023 | NBC News
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
Asian Americans have much higher ‘forever chemicals’ levels than other groups, study finds
25 Aug 2023 | The Guardian
Asian Americans likely have much higher levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood than other US races and ethnicities, research using a novel method for measuring PFAS exposure finds.
All About PFAS, the ‘Forever Chemicals’ That US and EU Are Targeting
24 Aug 2023 | The Washington Post
Meet PFAS, a class of chemicals that some scientists call the next DDT.
‘Forever chemicals’ found in 76% of Pennsylvania streams sampled
24 Aug 2023 | The Philadephia Inquirer
Scientists with the USGS first set out in 2019 to sample 161 waterways as a way of finding potential sources of PFAS contamination from 33 different compounds of the “forever chemicals."
Saint-Gobain announces closure of Merrimack facility at the center of PFAS controversy
23 Aug 2023 | NHPR
Saint-Gobain, the French manufacturing company at the center of a years-long controversy over PFAS contamination in the air and water surrounding their Merrimack, New Hampshire facility, has announced they are closing that plant.
Dangerous levels of PFAS detected in water for 27 million. Did the EPA find it near you?
19 Aug 2023 | USA Today
Toxic “forever chemicals” are far more widespread through the country’s drinking water systems than previously known, according to new EPA data released Thursday.
Stella residents sue 3M and Rhinelander paper mill for PFAS contamination of private wells
18 Aug 2023 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Residents have filed a class action lawsuit, claiming that waste spread on farm fields led to PFAS pollution of wells.
EPA’s new definition of PFAS could omit thousands of ‘forever chemicals’
18 Aug 2023 | The Guardian
The agency plans a ‘case-by-case’ approach that allows for flexibility, but critics say ‘this is not a new definition – it is a lack of definition.'
‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
18 Aug 2023 | The New York Times Magazine
PFAS lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. Scientists are only beginning to understand how they’re impacting our health — and what to do about them.
Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
17 Aug 2023 | The Guardian
The water of about 26 million is contaminated as new data offers the most robust look into exactly which communities are polluted.
Lawsuit says Brita misled users about ability to filter out ‘forever chemicals,’ more
16 Aug 2023 | The Hill
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles claims that water filtration company Brita allegedly misled users about the ability of its popular products to remove a number of hazardous contaminants from tap water, including “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, which may cause cancer.
PFAS in Westfield study of indoor samples from households complete
12 Aug 2023 | 22 News
A study was conducted of indoor samples from households in Westfield for a PFAS Environmental Sampling project.