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We’ve added several hundred PFAS to the SIN List. This is the reason why
Policy
2 Feb 2023
In one of the biggest SIN List updates ever, ChemSec adds 370 new “forever chemicals” to the list. In doing so, the staggering number of PFAS chemicals is boiled down to the most relevant ones for supply chain communication and substitution work.
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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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[Commentary] Improving governance of “forever chemicals” in the US and beyond
Science
21 Oct 2022 | One Earth
Dramatically reducing PFAS production, use, and exposure requires innovative governance interventions, proactive and conscientious business actions, and scientific advances that defy disciplinary boundaries, all guided by the voices, experiences, and needs of impacted communities.
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[Press release] Shaheen, Blumenthal Statement on DOD Prohibition of certain PFAS-Containing Items
Policy
10 Oct 2022
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Richard Blumenthal issued the following statements following a recent announcement by the DoD that the agency will prohibit the procurement of certain items that contain PFAS.
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PFAS and Federal Contracting: What Contractors Should Know and Why
News
15 Sep 2022 | JDSurpa
Government contractors should monitor PFAS developments both in the litigation and government acquisition space to ensure they are prepared should an issue arise.
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How many PFAS bans does it take to ban PFAS?
Policy
17 May 2022
Steps are now being taken towards banning groups of chemicals with similar structure and properties collectively, which is of course a huge leap in the right direction.
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German Environment Agency Guidelines for PFAS assessment
Policy
31 Mar 2022
The guidelines also provide benchmarks for evaluating study findings and for taking decisions on further action required where soil or water contamination is identified.
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Wisconsin DNR Advisory Board adopts PFAS Water Standards
Policy
16 Mar 2022
In late February, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources took three steps toward the adoption of statewide standards for PFAS compounds.
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Notice to Interested Parties Chemical Listed Effective February 25, 2022 As Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer: Perfluorooctanoic Acid
Policy
28 Feb 2022
Effective February 25, 2022, for purposes of Proposition 65, the OEHHA is adding PFOA to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.
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Mahwah, NJ resident files class-action lawsuit over water contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’
News
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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The military is looking for PFAS pollution at N.C. bases, but cleaning it up will take decades
News
9 Feb 2022 | North Carolina Public Radio
The Department of Defense is testing hundreds of military sites around the country, including dozens in North Carolina, for contamination from PFAS.
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No eating eggs from hens ‘in the whole of Flanders, Belgium’ due to PFAS contamination
News
7 Feb 2022 | The Brussels Times
Due to pollution from a 3M factory in the neighbourhood of Zwijndrecht in Antwerp, the government advised people living within a certain radius of the plant to stop eating eggs and vegetables from their hens and gardens.
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Hazardous “forever chemicals” used in Colorado for fracking, report says
News
7 Feb 2022 | The Denver Post
Physicians for Social Reponsibility’s report on Colorado follows 2021 look at drilling in six other states.
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Advisory warns of PFAS in beef from Michigan cattle farm
News
28 Jan 2022 | MLive
Beef from a southeast Michigan cattle farm contains unsafe levels of toxic PFAS chemicals traced to the application of wastewater biosolids as fertilizer on fields used to grow feed crops.
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Past toxics cases set the stage for PFAS lawsuits
News
28 Jan 2022 | The Hill
This is the last in a four-part series.