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Assembly advances PFAS bill
News
23 Jan 2020
The bill, which now heads to the State Senate, would prevent firefighters from using foam that contains PFAS, a family of toxic chemicals. The bill would allow the use of toxic foam in emergencies and in cases when fire departments have a plan to deal with the foam.
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Serum concentrations of perfluorinated alkyl substances in farmers living in areas affected by water contamination in the Veneto Region (Northern Italy).
Science
21 Jan 2020 | Environ Int
The main factors influencing PFAS serum levels of farmers were residence area, gender, years of residence in the municipalities, well water consumption and consumption of own-produced food.
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Clean Cape Fear joins petition for EPA to consider PFAS ‘hazardous waste.’ Here’s how it could change things
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20 Jan 2020 | Port City Daily
It’s worth noting that over the last year, the EPA has taken a number of steps to consider to rule-making action on PFAS. But while environmental advocates agree those steps are important, the EPA hasn’t moved the ball on actual enforcement, according to Dr. Tom Bruton, senior scientist at the Green Science Policy Institute.
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Global list of PFAS Guideline Values
Science
15 Jan 2020
A global compilation of PFAS guideline values for water, soil, and other matrices, as well as total daily intakes and blood health values.
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As more PFAS contamination is found, federal action becomes more urgent
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15 Jan 2020 | BDN
As we’ve learned from the containment and removal of other hazardous substances, costs only grow as action is delayed.
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Phytotoxicity induced by perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate via metabolomics
Science
25 Dec 2019 | J Haz. Mat.
PFOS was found to disrupt lettuce's ability to photosynthesize.
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[IATP Blog] Maine’s plan to address “forever chemicals” polluting farms, water and food
News
13 Dec 2019
Virtually all sludge has tested positive for PFOA and/or PFOS, generally two to three times the State’s screening level of 50 ppt, with some results as high as 20 times this level.
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Trump administration, GOP strip out PFAS standard, cleanup requirements from defense bill
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10 Dec 2019 | Detroit Free Press
“While it’s good news that the Defense Department will finally phase out PFAS in firefighting foam and food packaging, communities desperately need Congress to tackle industrial PFAS releases into the air and water and to require DOD to clean up legacy PFAS pollution," said Scott Faber, an official with the Environmental Working Group.
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PFAS chemicals raise questions about water safety
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15 Nov 2019 | Seacoast Online
“Unfortunately, we have only begun to explore the extent of the PFAS problem,” said Patrick MacRoy, the deputy director of the Environmental Health Strategy Center. “Relatively few water supplies in Maine have been tested, and the state has yet to test most of the agricultural lands that were contaminated by PFAS-laden sludge. In addition to polluting the groundwater, this contamination may also be contaminating crops and animal feed, allowing PFAS to enter our food supply. The state must take aggressive action to uncover where we are being exposed to PFAS.
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PFAS chemicals showing up in public water supplies in Maine, according to CDC
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30 Oct 2019 | News Center Maine
The samples were taken mostly at schools, water treatment plants and mobile home parks. More than a dozen local water districts declined to let their water be tested.
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Mark Ruffalo, Todd Haynes talk ‘Dark Waters’: ‘Our environmental future is at stake’
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29 Oct 2019 | Variety
“It is the truth,” Bilott said, assessing how accurate he feels the film is. “They did an amazing job condensing [20 years] into two hours. I was a little skeptical at first…about whether I should do something like this, but it was clear that [Mark] was doing it for the right reason: to bring the story out, to do it accurately and [he] wanted to show what really happened.”
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Up to 40,000 to sue Australian Government over PFAS contamination
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29 Oct 2019 | news.com.au
The largest class action ever launched in Australia will be filed against the Federal Government by Christmas. The lawyers will argue that residents living in PFAS contaminated areas have seen their property prices fall, in some cases by up to 50 per cent. They believe the Federal Government should provide enough compensation to allow residents to leave these unsafe communities.
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Victoria, Australia: Interim Position Statement on PFAS
Policy
22 Oct 2019
The EPA in Victoria, Australia adopts precautionary interim PFAS management standards while waiting on national regulation.
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Pumping PFAS-contaminated water from airport expansion into ocean is ‘insanity’, chemical expert says
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15 Oct 2019 | ABC News
The Sunshine Coast airport was inundated during heavy rainfall leaving more than 125 million litres of PFAS-contaminated water at the site. The Sunshine Coast Council's proposed building a pipeline to funnel the contaminated water from the airport construction site and into the nearby ocean at Marcoola. This plan has residents and chemical experts worried.
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America’s dairyland may Have a PFAS problem
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11 Oct 2019 | NRDC
The toxic chemicals have been showing up in milk around the country. Anna Reade, an NRDC staff scientist specializing in toxic chemicals, suggests that state agencies test sludge before it’s spread on fields and milk before it goes to market. Then officials could see where the highest PFAS concentrations are coming from.