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Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
News
19 Nov 2020 | CALmatters
Californians are largely left in the dark about the safety of their drinking water: Less than 9% of roughly 14,350 public drinking water wells in the state have been tested for PFOA and PFOS. State requirements have focused on areas considered vulnerable to contamination, such as near airports and landfills.
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Associations between polyfluoroalkyl substance and organophosphate flame retardant exposures and telomere length in a cohort of women firefighters and office workers in San Francisco
Science
17 Nov 2020 | medRxiv
Significant positive associations were found between PFOA and PFOS and telomere length among the whole cohort with stronger associations among firefighters.
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Why are DuPont and Chemours still discharging the most notorious ‘forever chemical’?
News
28 Oct 2020 | Environmental Working Group
Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.), who chairs the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter asking why they’re still discharging a highly toxic substance they claim not to have used in years. Data from the EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online database shows ongoing discharges from both the Circleville and Parkersburg facilities.
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[Press Release] Study: More than 200 million Americans could have toxic PFAS in their drinking water
News
16 Oct 2020 | EurekAlert
PFAS pollution is affecting even more Americans than we previously estimated. They are likely detectable in all major water supplies in the U.S., almost certainly in all that use surface water.
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California bans PFAS firefighting foams
Policy
6 Oct 2020
California is halting the sale, manufacture, and use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as of 2022.
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California law bans toxic PFAS from firefighting foam
News
30 Sep 2020 | EWG
The law bans the manufacture, sale and use of firefighting foam containing PFAS from use in most applications by January 1, 2022.
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City of Anaheim, Brown and Caldwell to partner on PFAS removal project
News
10 Sep 2020 | Water Finance & Management
Earlier this year, Orange County water agencies took more than 40 drinking water wells in north and central Orange County out of service, temporarily resulting in increased reliance on costlier water supplies imported from Northern California and the Colorado River.
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Uptake, accumulation and metabolism of PFASs in plants and health perspectives: A critical review
Science
2 Sep 2020 | Crit. Rev. in Env. Sci. & Tech.
This review summarizes the recent findings on the uptake, accumulation, distribution, and metabolism of PFASs in higher plants, with a specific focus on plant metabolism pathways of representative PFAS.
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California lawmakers vote to phase out toxic firefighting foam
News
31 Aug 2020 | LA Times
The measure requires municipal fire departments, chemical plants and oil refineries to gradually stop using the foam.
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The latest on PFAS and drinking water
News
12 Aug 2020 | EHS Daily Advisor
States with adopted PFAS limits in drinking water include CA, CT, CO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, and VT, and states with proposed limits include IL, MA, MI, and NY.
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San Francisco Bay region issues risk-based screening levels for PFAS at cleanup sites
News
8 Jun 2020 | JDSupra
The Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board also created a strategy for identifying and prioritizing potential sites for PFAS testing, as well as additional investigation and cleanup. Sites with industrial, manufacturing or firefighting facilities/processes that have a history of using PFAS will be prioritized.
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Orange County: Sue the military for PFAS contamination!
News
28 May 2020 | LA Progressive
California water districts are considering a massive lawsuit over PFAS contamination of the water supply, although they’re not likely to target the largest polluter – the US military. Instead, they’ll probably go after 3M and DuPont and a handful of other companies that manufacture PFAS products.
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Orange County water districts consider massive lawsuit over PFAS contamination
News
22 May 2020 | The Orange County Register
The "forever chemical" is forcing the closure of dozens of wells and increased use of more expensive imported water.
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Temporal trends and determinants of serum concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances among Northern California mothers with a young child, 2009–2016
Science
14 Apr 2020 | Environ. Res.
Breastfeeding contributed to the elimination of the common PFAS in lactating mothers.
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[Public hearing] California DTSC: PFASs in carpets and rugs
Events
13 Apr 2020
California's DTSC is seeking public comment on the regulatory proposal to list carpets and rugs containing PFAS as a priority product. Public hearing will be held on April 13 at 9 AM in Sacramento, CA.