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German Federal Agency's International Conference: PFAS - Dealing with contaminants of emerging concern
Events
30 Nov 2020
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the German Environment Agency will be hosting a two-day international conference focusing on strategies on how to deal with PFAS-contaminated soil and groundwater.
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[Informational Webinar] EPA's Innovative Ways to Destroy PFAS Challenge
Events
23 Nov 2020
EPA is partnering with the other stakeholders, to co-sponsor a technical challenge regarding the destruction of PFAS. The challenge asks solvers to submit detailed plans for a non-thermal way of destroying PFAS in AFFF, while creating the least amount of potentially harmful byproducts with a $50,000 prize.
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Massachusetts to set a new MCL for the sum of six PFAS
Policy
24 Sep 2020
The MCL of 20 ppt is for the sum of six PFAS: PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFHpA, PFDA.
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PFAS GenX study draws direct comparisons with PFOA
News
23 Sep 2020 | The National Law Review
While this is but one study regarding GenX chemicals and the impact that they have on health, it is an important one for anyone closely following the PFAS science, litigation and regulations.
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[Analysis] What do PFAS Actions Tell us About State Regulatory Officials?
News
22 Sep 2020 | Packing World
For one thing, the organization who brought us the model toxics law back in the 1990s that prohibited intentional use of four heavy metals in packaging, is considering amending their model law to include PFAS and phthalates.
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Review: Evolution of evidence on PFOA and health following the assessments of the C8 Science Panel.
Science
22 Sep 2020 | Environ Int
Former C8 Science Panel members and collaborators comment on current PFOA literature regarding health outcomes finding that epidemiologic evidence remains limited.
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Air Force won’t follow NH’s new PFAS water safeguards
News
18 Sep 2020 | Seacoastonline.com
U.S. Air Force officials said they will continue to follow the EPA’s “lifetime health advisory” for PFAS and not New Hampshire’s more protective standards.
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EU agency sets limit on PFAS in food
News
17 Sep 2020 | Chemical & Engineering News
Recommended threshold applies to combined exposure to 4 PFAS, based on their ability to decrease people’s immune system response to vaccinations.
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Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals,' official says
News
15 Sep 2020 | The Hill
The coronavirus has caused a delay in researching alternatives to using cancer-linked chemicals in military firefighting foam, the director of the Defense Department’s Strategic Environment Research and Development Program said Tuesday.
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[Press Release] Minn. study is first to show cause-and-effect link between ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water and reproductive harms
News
11 Sep 2020 | Environmental Working Group
A peer-reviewed study reports that the rate of premature and low-weight births in Oakdale, Minn., dropped dramatically and fertility rates increased after the city began filtering PFAS from its tap water.
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Recent US State and Federal Drinking Water Guidelines for Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Science
7 Sep 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
A thorough review of the guidelines and regulations concerning PFAS from the United States federal and state governments.
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Groundwater council calls for action on PFAS; nitrate remains top contaminant
News
2 Sep 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
While past Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council’s reports have addressed PFAS, this is the first to call for direct action.
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Environmental groups push for rule on firefighting foam, decry industry influence
News
28 Aug 2020 | The Journal Times
The Natural Resources Board earlier this month voted to table a rule that would establish guidelines on containment and disposal of PFAS containing firefighting foam after industry groups and some Republican lawmakers voiced their objections.
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Vermont Agency of Natural Resource's Advance Notice on the Regulation of PFAS as a Class
Policy
26 Aug 2020
After reviewing the current peer-reviewed literature, as well as the available toxicology data for PFAS, the Agency's Review Team determined that at the current time it is not feasible to regulate PFAS as a Class, other than the five compounds presently regulated to the health-based standard.
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Stranded cetaceans warn of high perfluoroalkyl substance pollution in the western Mediterranean Sea
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Env. Poll.
PFAS burdens are higher than those reported two decades ago in marine mammals.