Showing 1-15 of 57
-
Two for the Price of One: Deriving Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Fillet and Whole-Body Conversion Equations in Fish
Science
18 Mar 2024 | ES&T Letters
This study developed conversion equations between filet and whole-body concentrations of PFAS in fish from New York State, crucial for both human health advisories and ecological risk assessments, with conversion factors consistent across multiple PFAS chemicals but less consistent across species.
-
New York legislators are renewing calls to stop the use of PFAS in everyday products
News
7 Feb 2024 | WXXI News
The group says a package of bills could eliminate PFAS in household products, personal care items, and menstrual products. It would also track the chemicals linked to ill health effects, including cancer, in sewage discharge.
-
New York to ban ‘forever chemicals’ from clothing by end of year
Policy
4 Jan 2023
New York will be joining California in banning toxic “forever chemicals” from clothing, under a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) just before the new year.
-
New York moves to ban PFAS from clothes
News
3 Jan 2023 | Spectrum News
New York state is set to ban the use of PFAS chemcials in the manufacturing of apparel and clothing under a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
-
New York Supreme Court rejects 3M's challenge to PFAS MCL
News
23 Jun 2022 | Water World
3M has failed in its attempt to invalidate New York’s maximum contamination levels for PFAS.
-
NY State Assembly Bill A7063A
Policy
30 May 2022
New York Assembly bill prohibits the use of PFAS in apparel as an intentionally added chemical.
-
Firefighters file multiple lawsuits over PFAS in gear, foam
News
16 Feb 2022 | Bloomberg Law News
A group of 19 firefighters in Massachusetts and New York allege in two separate lawsuits that 3M and 23 other companies knowingly made and sold products containing “forever chemicals” that placed the plaintiffs’ health at risk.
-
New York PFAS Products Bill Has Broad Implications
Policy
15 Feb 2022
A New York PFAS products bill aims to mimic the Maine law and implement a ban on intentionally added PFAS in products manufactured in New York.
-
Long Island Group Releases Map of PFAS Chemical Use in NY, Demands Federal Clean-Up
News
10 Nov 2021 | WBFO NPR
The map shows where PFAS are being used at industrial facilities across the state.
-
United States: PFAS Consumer Products Regulation
News
13 Aug 2021 | Mondaq
An overview of enacted and proposed PFAS state laws and regulations.
-
Companies agree to $65M settlement over Hoosick Falls PFAS lawsuit
News
21 Jul 2021 | WAMC Northeast Public Radio
The agreement, which still needs court approval, would provide money and medical monitoring for thousands of property owners and residents.
-
[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.
-
PFAS blood tests in Newburgh show high levels of five chemicals
News
28 May 2021 | Times Herald-Record
Participants were randomly selected from households that until 2016 received drinking water suspected to have been contaminated with firefighting foam used at the New York Stewart Air National Guard base.
-
Gillibrand unveils PFAS medical monitoring bill in Hoosick Falls
News
5 Apr 2021 | WAMC
Gillibrand’s PFAS Accountability Act would create a standard for PFAS exposure, make the class of chemicals illegal for use, fund epidemiological research on the compounds, and create a national medical monitoring program.
-
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.