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Record-high ‘forever chemicals’ found in private N.J. well. But hundreds more being tested.
News
9 Mar 2025 | NJ.com
You wouldn’t know it driving past the car dealerships and colorful storefronts in Washington Township, but chemical findings along this section of Route 31 appear to be astronomically high.
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[YouTube Video] [PAST] NJ Solvay Settlement Public Information Session
News
7 Nov 2024
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted a public information session and open house on Thursday, November 7, 2024 to provide an overview of the state’s settlement and public-health protection work stemming from pollution caused by the Solvay Specialty Polymers facility in West Deptford.
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Three US states call on environmental agency to regulate PFAS air emissions
Policy
16 Sep 2024
North Carolina, New Jersey, and New Mexico petitioned regulators to classify some PFAS as hazardous air pollutants.
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Quantifying Disparities in Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Levels in Drinking Water from Overburdened Communities in New Jersey, 2019-2021
Science
24 Apr 2024 | Environ Health Perspect
63% of New Jersey's community water systems (serving 84% of the population) tested from 2019 to 2021 had PFAS detections, with overburdened communities more likely to have detections and exposure surpassing state maximum contaminant levels, and a higher proportion of people of color living in affected areas compared to non-Hispanic white populations.
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Jersey residents affected by PFAS consider legal action
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4 Aug 2023 | BBC News
Jersey residents who think their health was impacted by chemicals that leaked into their water supply 30 years ago are considering a group legal action.
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Solvay reaches nearly $393 million PFAS settlement with New Jersey
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28 Jun 2023 | Reuters
The U.S. branch of Belgian chemicals company Solvay has struck a nearly $393-million deal with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to settle some claims linked to drinking water pollution caused by one of its plants,
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Review of Interim USEPA Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS and Other Relevant Information
Science
23 Feb 2023
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner requested that the New Jersey Drinking Water Quality Institute review the scientific basis of the US EPA interim drinking water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS.
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[Public Comments] New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Comments on Draft World Health Organization Drinking Water Quality Guidelines for PFOA and PFOS
Science
17 Nov 2022
NJDEP identified the need for many revisions in both the factual information and the conclusions about health effects, treatment removal, and other topics discussed in the draft WHO document.
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Mahwah, NJ resident files class-action lawsuit over water contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’
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10 Feb 2022 | NorthJersey.com
The suit seeks compensation for "all New Jersey citizens" who received the Jan. 13 letter from the township's Water Department advising residents of elevated PFOS levels in their drinking water.
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United States: PFAS Consumer Products Regulation
News
13 Aug 2021 | Mondaq
An overview of enacted and proposed PFAS state laws and regulations.
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PFAS update: Current state-by-state groundwater regulations
News
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
News
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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Biomonitoring: A tool to assess PFNA body burdens and evaluate the effectiveness of drinking water intervention for communities in New Jersey
Science
10 May 2021 | Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health
PFNA half-life was estimated ~3.5 years from this unique biomonitoring study.
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We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
News
31 Mar 2021 | Consumer Reports and the Guardian
A nine-month investigation by the Guardian and Consumer Reports found alarming levels of forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US. Almost every sample tested had measurable levels of PFAS.
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N.J. sues U.S. military, wants feds to pay for tainted drinking water cleanup
News
15 Jan 2021 | NJ.com
For decades, the U.S. military used a special foam to fight fires on bases around the Garden State. That foam, and the toxic chemicals inside it, slowly seeped into the surrounding area and throughout groundwater supplies...