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Cloudy Water and Notices of Warning Elevated PFAS Levels Have Woburn Residents Worried Their Water Isn’t Safe
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9 Dec 2021 | CBS Boston
According to Woburn's Water Department, in October the PFAS level was 27.1 ppt.
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OB Drafts Regs to Ban Artificial Tuft With PFAS
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9 Dec 2021 | Marthas Vineyard Times
The contaminant threshold in the drafted regulations is one ppm.
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Rockland Contends with PFAS- ‘Forever Chemicals’- Above State Limits at Treatment Plant
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3 Dec 2021 | The Patriot Ledger
The sample from the end of September had the highest level of PFAS since testing started at 29 parts per trillion.
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States Eclipse Feds in Cleaning Up ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Soil
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10 Nov 2021 | Bloomberg Law
The EPA is moving forward with a roadmap for addressing PFAS.
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Advocates Urge Mass. To Ban Food Packaging Chemicals
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8 Oct 2021 | Worcester Business Journal
Manufacturers opposed the bill as drafted, and recommended a later compliance deadline should the bill move forward.
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PFAS Contamination: Of 21 Barnstable Ponds Tested, 21 Had Contaminants, Town Report Finds
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4 Oct 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Seven samples had PFAS levels that exceeded the state drinking water standard.
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Keating: Air Force Agrees to Pay For PFAS Cleanups in Mashpee and Falmouth Wells
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17 Sep 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Voters authorized $8.4 million to design, manufacture and install PFAS filters.
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Firefighters Blast Decision to Allow Toxic PFAS Chemicals to Stay in Their Gear
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15 Sep 2021 | WGBH
Firefighters across the region are decrying a decision by a Quincy-based association that sets national fire safety standards to allow the continued use of toxic PFAS in the manufacture of protective gear.
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Toxic Firefighting Foams A Challenge to Quickly Replace
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8 Sep 2021 | State House News Service
The proposition of replacing our foam stock commonwealth-wide is daunting.
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As Barnstable Hunts for New Sources of Public Drinking Water, PFAS Contamination Rears Its Ugly Head
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3 Sep 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Contamination may once have been a deal-breaker in the search for new drinking water supplies, but is now so widespread that a supplier would be lucky to find a pristine source.
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United States: PFAS Consumer Products Regulation
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13 Aug 2021 | Mondaq
An overview of enacted and proposed PFAS state laws and regulations.
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[Podcast] The true cost of PFAS
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26 Jul 2021 | Whooshkaa
Alissa Cordner, an Environmental Sociologist and Associate Professor at Whitman College, discusses a recent commentary paper "The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now" which was published in Environment Science and Technology Journal.
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PFAS update: Current state-by-state groundwater regulations
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21 Jul 2021 | JD Supra
States have adopted a patchwork of regulations and guidance standards which presents significant compliance challenges to impacted industries.
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[Press Release] Detection of toxic PFAS chemicals increases to 2,790 communities
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20 Jul 2021
The latest detections are based on new testing completed in Alabama, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina and Vermont.
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Prospective associations of mid-childhood plasma per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and pubertal timing
Science
6 Jul 2021 | Environ Int
Higher PFAS plasma concentrations in mid-childhood were associated with the later onset of puberty in girls.