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Clarkson University researchers & U.S. Air Force use plasma to remove PFAS
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20 Jan 2020 | WQP
The plasma zaps the water's surface, where it spreads, hitting PFAS molecules and splitting them. Once the carbon and fluorine molecules have been separated, the PFAS compound is destroyed.
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US, Japan defense officials discuss how to address chemical contamination near American bases
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17 Jan 2020 | Stars and Stripes
During a recent meeting the officials agreed that the two governments should work together to create a task force for handling toxic chemicals.
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US, Japan defense officials discuss how to address chemical contamination near American bases
Policy
17 Jan 2020
During a recent meeting the officials agreed that the two governments should work together to create a task force for handling toxic chemicals.
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FAA opens fire research facility
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16 Jan 2020 | AVweb
The 2,500 square-foot, fully enclosed fire-test facility will “eliminate weather related variables in testing and enhance data collection capabilities” along with containing and collecting fire testing chemical byproducts and preventing contamination of the surrounding area.
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State fines Air Force $1.7M over base wastewater monitoring near Clovis
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9 Jan 2020 | Santa Fe New Mexican
Under the New Mexican state law, the Air Force is supposed to monitor its wastewater but has failed to do so. Aside from PFAS chemicals, the wastewater likely contains other pollutants, including nitrate, chloride, Kjeldahl nitrogen and dissolved metals that exceed state standards.
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New York moves to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foam
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26 Dec 2019 | Bloomberg Environment
New York enacted a ban on the use, manufacture, sale, or distribution of firefighting foam and equipment containing fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, unless no viable alternatives are available.
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Federal bill tackles toxic PFAS chemicals ground water but food packaging still a concern
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19 Dec 2019 | Komo News
Under the new bill, the military will phase out the use of PFAS over three years. Biophysical Chemist Arlene Blum, executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute, says it's a big first step.
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A 'forever chemical' contaminates drinking water near military bases
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16 Dec 2019 | NBC News
Communities nationwide have found levels of PFAS in their water hundreds, sometimes thousands, of times higher than the level recommended by the EPA.
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How PFAS negotiations fell apart
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13 Dec 2019 | E&E News
Before Democrats managed to secure provisions to address a class of toxic chemicals in an annual defense measure, negotiations fell apart at the hands of their own members... "The American Chemistry Council probably has something to do with it," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told reporters.
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Michigan starts collecting firefighting foam containing PFAS
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13 Dec 2019 | Michigan Radio
After the foam is picked up, it will be shipped to a facility in Idaho. There it will be solidified and placed in a licensed hazardous waste landfill.
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Michigan starts collecting firefighting foam containing PFAS
Policy
13 Dec 2019
After the foam is picked up, it will be shipped to a facility in Idaho. There it will be solidified and placed in a licensed hazardous waste landfill.
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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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Trump administration, GOP strip out PFAS standard, cleanup requirements from defense bill
Policy
10 Dec 2019
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-MI acknowledged some key provisions were taken out, including requiring that a standard be set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration that would require intervention when it was exceeded. However, the legislation still contains key provisions to help reduce PFAS contamination, especially as it relates to military uses.
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Defense bill boosts climate resilience, ends PFAS foam use (2)
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10 Dec 2019 | Bloomberg Environment
“The provisions for nationwide water testing and phasing out PFAS in military firefighting foam are a major milestone in the fight against PFAS,” Tom Bruton, a senior scientist at the Green Science Policy Institute, said in a statement. “Just a few years ago achieving these critical protections, especially the foam phaseout, seemed impossible.”
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Environmental group laments PFAS provisions missing from federal bill
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9 Dec 2019 | WAMC
The annual federal defense bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, does not include certain provisions that would address PFAS water contamination. A Washington-based nonprofit group accuses Congress of caving on cleaning up the toxic substances.