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Rokita launches PFAS lawsuit aimed at companies around Indiana using toxic ‘forever chemicals’
News
15 Apr 2024 | Indiana Capital Chronicle
The move is in sharp contrast to state lawmakers’ attempts earlier this year to ensure manufacturers can use most PFAS substances.
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Health scientists applaud the scrapping of controversial Indiana PFAS bill
News
27 Feb 2024 | Environmental Health News
The manufacturer-friendly bill would have narrowed the scope of which chemicals were considered PFAS.
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[Press Release] Scientists Successfully Head Off Concerning PFAS Bill
Policy
26 Feb 2024
This public health victory shows what happens when scientists contribute their expertise to the policymaking process,” said Marta Venier, an environmental chemist at Indiana University who testified in the hearings.
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Manufacturer-friendly PFAS bill abandoned by Indiana Senate committee
Policy
26 Feb 2024
Indiana senators ditched a bill on Monday that would have changed the definition of toxic PFAS chemicals to exempt those that Hoosier manufacturers want to keep using.
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Indiana environmentalists, manufacturers at odds over bill to protect toxic PFAS chemicals
Policy
20 Feb 2024
The bill in question would ensure the “forever chemicals” can continue to be used in various products made in the Hoosier state.
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Critics: Bill cutting protections from PFAS toxic chemicals a step backward for Indiana
Policy
12 Feb 2024
University of Notre Dame professor Graham Peaslee, a nationally recognized PFAS expert, agreed: "I've never met a good PFAS."
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Expert panel to discuss PFAS in firefighting gear with documentary film screening
News
13 Apr 2023 | Notre Dame News
The University of Notre Dame will host a screening of “BURNED: Protecting the Protectors” — a short documentary exploring the link between perfluorinated substances, known as “forever chemicals,” and decades of cancer in the firefighting community.
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Indiana firefighters could get annual blood testing for PFAS under proposed pilot program
Policy
20 Jan 2022
Indiana firefighters could get annual blood testing for exposure to synthetic PFAS chemicals through a proposed pilot program, according to a new bill introduced in the Statehouse.
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[Job] Project Director: Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, Bloomington, IN
Events
31 Dec 2021
The candidate will be supervising 5-7 staff members, overseeing the operation of the six sampling sites, laboratory analyses and data production, QA/QC, communicating regularly with the EPA, producing reports and standard operating protocols, and participating in the analysis of the acquired data. The candidate will also be expected to co-author peer-reviewed papers and to advance the general research goals of the project.
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It’s ‘Raining PFAS’, Even In Remote Areas of the Upper Peninsula
News
9 Sep 2021 | WXPR
Notable concentrations of PFAS in rainwater were found not only at sampling sites in industrial cities like Chicago or Cleveland, but in Eagle Harbor, as well.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ From a Military Installation at Mitchell Airport Are a Risk to Nearby Drinking Wells, Lake Michigan, a Reports Says
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1 Sep 2021 | Stevens Point Journal
Despite testing that found ‘forever chemicals’ at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport two years ago, the Department of Defense has yet to move forward with a plan to address the contamination, putting nearby residents with private drinking wells at risk
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FDA Finds PFAS in Fish Sticks, Tuna and Protein Powder
News
30 Aug 2021 | Indiana Environmental Reporter
Fish sticks tested positive for PFOS and PFNA, canned tuna tested positive for PFOS and PFDA and protein powder tested positive for PFOS.
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[Job opportunity] Postdoctoral Research Associate at Indiana University
Events
1 Dec 2020
The Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network team at Indiana University is looking for a postdoctoral research associate for a two-year appointment.
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Young, Senate colleagues urge inclusion in NDAA of toxic chemical prevention provisions
News
13 Oct 2020 | Ripon Advance News Service
The bipartisan group of lawmakers is requesting inclusion of several provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that would help prevent the potential harm caused by toxic PFAS at American military bases.
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Perfluorooctanoic Acid Activates the Unfolded Protein Response in Pancreatic Acinar Cells
Science
30 Jun 2020 | J Biochem Mol Toxicol
PFOA-induced stress in cells may be the trigger leading to decreased pancreatic function.