Can microbes save us from PFAS?
21 Mar 2021 | C&EN
And Alvarez believes in the microbial infallibility hypothesis—that a microbe will find a way to [degrade] even tough compounds like PFAS. “I am certain that it can happen,” he says.
Families urged to join groundbreaking PFAS health studies at Pease Tradeport
19 Mar 2021 | NHPR
CDC will keep recruiting until they've tested about 1,000 adults and 350 children. The study is especially looking for participants who had blood tests with the state after the contamination first came to light in 2014 -- but that's not a requirement to participate.
Landfills are leaking PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in 41 Minnesota counties
18 Mar 2021 | Star Tribune
Fifteen of them showed levels at least 10 times greater than the state standards.
EPA takes two more steps down the long and winding road to national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS
18 Mar 2021 | JD Supra
The next step will be for EPA to develop national primary drinking water regulations for PFOA and PFOS, which will impose binding standards nationwide where currently only an advisory level exists.
Bipartisan bill to protect emergency responders from PFAS advances in the Senate
17 Mar 2021 | FOX 17
The bill would also necessitate guidance on foams and personal protective equipment that are free of PFAS.
[Press Release] State and county health departments issue “DO NOT DRINK” water advisories for two Westchester County schools
17 Mar 2021 | New York State Department of Health
The advisories were issued following the recent discover of PFOA and PFOS in the school's water systems at levels above 10 ppt.
[Press Release] Scientists and North Carolina co-petitioners implore EPA’s Regan to act on PFAS
16 Mar 2021 | Center for Environmental Health
PFAS science experts submitted a letter to the newly-confirmed EPA Administrator Michael Regan calling on him to institute a class-based ban on all PFAS except essential uses.
UCSF study finds evidence of 55 chemicals never before reported in people
16 Mar 2021 | UCSF
For 37 of these chemicals we have little to no information about their sources or uses.
State water board issues notification and response levels for PFBS in drinking water; DTSC to finalize carpets and rugs with PFAS as “priority products” in 2021
15 Mar 2021 | JDSupra
There has been no shortage of recent regulatory developments concerning PFAS in California, which are especially relevant to drinking water systems and the consumer product community.
Navy to send letters to farms warning of chemicals in groundwater
12 Mar 2021 | Whidbey News-Tribune
PFAS were found years ago in groundwater at levels above the EPA’s lifetime health advisory limit.
Researchers: PFAS exposure linked to vaccine efficacy, children’s immune systems
12 Mar 2021 | Cape Cod Times
We are late in realizing what these compounds do to the immune system, and in the meantime, they have been spread globally.
Specially treated plastic containers may spread PFAS
11 Mar 2021 | C&EN
Specially treated plastic containers could be widespread sources of toxic PFAS in the environment, the US EPA says.
High levels of ‘forever chemicals’ detected in northern Virginia drinking water
10 Mar 2021 | DCist
The results showed the chemicals were present at levels ranging from 5.5 ppt at one site in Fairfax County to 62.4 ppt at a site in Prince William County. Most drinking water in the D.C. region comes from the Potomac River, but in parts of Northern Virginia tap water also comes from the Occoquan Reservoir. Testings sites closer to the reservoir had higher PFAS numbers.
Environmentalists say Trump’s EPA fell far short in the fight against PFAS
9 Mar 2021 | North Carolina Health News
The Biden administration has already indicated that it will seek to classify PFAS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA, and to take additional actions under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.