Regulating ‘forever chemicals’: 3 essential reads on PFAS
7 Mar 2023 | The Conversation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated chemicals, known by the abbreviations PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water.
‘We’re going after’ PFAS exposure, Biden tells firefighters
6 Mar 2023 | E&E News
President Joe Biden wants to limit the risks firefighters face from exposure to toxic chemicals in their gear and from wildfires fueled by climate change, he said Monday.
Deep well disposal for PFAS attracts heightened interest as new regulations loom
6 Mar 2023 | Waste Dive
Prior U.S. EPA guidance identified deep wells as a possible alternative to landfilling or incineration for these “forever chemicals,” and multiple facilities are touting their technologies.
The Forever Pollution Project
6 Mar 2023 | The Forever Pollution Project
“The Forever Pollution Project” can now reveal that there is way more contamination all over Europe than has been publicly known.
‘Cancer is killing firefighters’: Union pushes to remove toxic chemicals from gear
6 Mar 2023 | Spectrum News 1
But there’s one thing in the special fabrics of the turnout gear that union officials say doesn’t belong in their equipment: toxic PFAS chemicals
Scotland first to ban environmentally harmful anaesthetic
3 Mar 2023 | BBC
Scotland has become the first country in the world to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the threat it poses to the environment.
PFAS Lurking in Textiles, Effects on Health Subject of New Study
3 Mar 2023 | Bloomberg Law
A newly launched study on PFAS in textiles and firefighting gear could help manufacturers comply with new regulations and spark the redesign of consumer products, companies, attorneys, and advocates say.
Birmingham suing the same chemical companies as Birmingham Water Works for PFA contamination
3 Mar 2023 | AL.com
Like the Birmingham Water Works – the city of Birmingham has also sued more than two dozen chemical manufacturers in South Carolina federal court over accusations of contaminating drinking water.
Now We Need to Worry About Harmful 'Forever Chemicals' in Our Toilet Paper Too
2 Mar 2023 | TIME
All of that toilet paper, including major brands sold around the world, turn out to be yet another source of PFAS.
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits
2 Mar 2023 | AP
The EPA is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable.
Dangerous chemicals found in baby supplies, pet food packaging
1 Mar 2023 | WSB-TV
Dangerous chemicals may be in your baby’s clothes and that bag of dog food.
Living a PFAS Nightmare
1 Mar 2023 | Dairy Herd Management
Imagine receiving a phone call from the government telling you to euthanize your entire herd.
Litigator and environmental advocate Rob Bilott discusses threat of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
28 Feb 2023 | Yale
Rob Bilott sat down with YSPH Communications to discuss his work, the extraordinary challenges he’s faced, and the role he sees public health taking in protecting people and the environment from the threat of PFAS.
Chemical Insights Research Institute, Emory University’s Rollins School Of Public Health Team To Study The Human Health Impact Of PFAS Chemical Exposure
28 Feb 2023 | Textile World
The joint study aims to understand how this exposure occurs and the potential health consequences.
Milliken, REI make progress on work to eliminate PFAS
24 Feb 2023 | Just Style
Milliken & Company has eliminated all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from its textile fibres and finishes portfolio, while outdoor retailer REI has announced plans to ban these ‘forever chemicals’ from its apparel products from 2024.