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[Blog] How many of us are drinking toxic forever chemicals?
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12 Jan 2021 | BioMed Central
A recent study found that nearly 100 million people in 16 out of 66 cities investigated in China are likely using drinking water that exceeds 20 ppt for the sum of five PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFHpA, and PFNA), new maximum contaminant level set by the U.S. state of Vermont.
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Scientists seek evidence that ‘forever chemicals’ hinder COVID-19 vaccines
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16 Dec 2020 | NJ Spotlight
Investigators say more work is needed on interaction of PFAS in blood and the coronavirus.
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Re Advance Notice on the Regulation of Perfluoroalkyl, Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as a Class
Policy
15 Dec 2020
Technical comments submitted to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources regarding managing the class of PFAS.
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EPA Issues Interim Strategy for Addressing PFAS in Wastewater Permits
Policy
8 Dec 2020
The interim strategy makes a number of recommendations for the consideration of PFAS in the NPDES permit program.
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Water watchdog chief says industry should face tighter regulation on chemical leaks
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4 Dec 2020 | NJ Spotlight
Regulations have not done enough to prevent pollution by industry, and they may now need to be strengthened so that corporations do more to ensure contaminants do not escape their plants.
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[Blog] What lessons should we learn from the PFAS crisis?
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3 Dec 2020 | Union of Concerned Scientists
U.S. chemical regulation is designed to rapidly approve new chemicals rather than adequately evaluate chemical danger.
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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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Solvay workers found to have unregulated PFAS in their blood, documents show
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25 Nov 2020 | Consumer Reports
The company, which says it now plans to phase out the chemicals, has known of potential risks for at least 15 years, internal studies show.
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First-of-its-kind study estimates daily PFAS dietary exposure from vegetables in adults and children
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23 Nov 2020 | Mines Newsroom
The team used real-world data from PFAS-contaminated groundwater to conduct a hazard analysis of a theoretical farm comparing different risk estimates based on established state, federal, and international toxicity reference doses.
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[Press Release] Governor Cuomo signs legislation banning incineration of firefighting foam containing PFAs in certain New York cities
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23 Nov 2020 | New York State
Under the new law, incineration of this foam is prohibited in cities designated as Environmental Justice areas by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation where the population is between 16,000 and 17,000 residents.
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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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Comparison of extraction methods for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human serum and placenta samples-insights into extractable organic fluorine (EOF)
Science
22 Nov 2020 | Anal Bioanal Chem
Results showed that performance, in terms of recovery, differed between the extraction methods for different PFAS; different extraction methods resulted in different EOF concentrations indicating that the choice of extraction method is important for target PFAS and EOF analysis.
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Op-Ed: Dear Joe Biden: are you kidding me?
News
19 Nov 2020 | The Guardian
The president-elect has tapped a former DuPont consultant to join his Environmental Protection Agency transition board.
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Solvay withholds data about toxic PFAS pollution in New Jersey
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17 Nov 2020 | The Intercept
New Jersey has sued Solvay Specialty Polymers over its refusal to release secret studies of its PFAS chemicals.
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Biden EPA transition team member helped DuPont dodge responsibility for PFOA
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11 Nov 2020 | The Intercept
Michael McCabe, a former EPA official and aide to Joe Biden, led DuPont’s defense of PFOA avoiding regulation that would have cost DuPont dearly.