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EPA’s PFAS Dragnet: What Companies Need to Know About PFAS Reporting Under TSCA Section 8(a)(7)
Policy
13 Dec 2024
Companies should be preparing now to meet these requirements. The window for reporting is July 11, 2025 through January 11, 2026 for most companies, but small businesses that only import articles with PFAS have an additional six months to report.
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Where you live in LA can mean more ‘forever chemicals’ in your blood
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13 Dec 2024 | LAist
University of Southern California researchers found in a study that some Angelenos, who lived near or too far from certain neighborhood factors, had a higher presence of chemicals in their bloodstream.
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City of Tucson files lawsuit against federal government over water contamination
News
13 Dec 2024 | KVOA
The City of Tucson has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging negligence by the U.S. Air Force has caused widespread contamination of the city’s drinking water with harmful "forever chemicals."
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MillerKnoll is the First Office Furniture Manufacturer to Announce Elimination of PFAS from North American Brand Portfolio of Products
News
12 Dec 2024
MillerKnoll, a global design leader, announces that from May 2025 all North American products from the collective of brands will be free of any added PFAS, making MillerKnoll the first office furniture manufacturer to make this commitment.
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‘This is my Chernobyl:’ Texas ranchers watch cows die because of PFAS
News
7 Dec 2024 | News Nation
Testing by the county revealed contamination that curiously extended from the fertilizer spread on the neighbor’s farmland across the street — to the soil and water on the Colemans’ properties, as well as their animals.
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Lawsuit Filed Over PFAS Discharge From Chemours Plant
News
6 Dec 2024 | West Virginia Public Broadcasting
The West Virginia Rivers Coalition has filed a federal lawsuit against Chemours over water pollution in Wood County.
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Maine's first accredited lab for PFAS testing is expanding to meet demand
News
6 Dec 2024 | News Center Maine
Lindof turned to Maine Laboratories. Located in a historic farmhouse in Norridgewock, the lab offers water test kits for 28 compounds that can be measured as low as 2 parts per trillion. Customers can order the kits online, complete with instructions. The kits run $375.
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Anger at commission boils over during PFAS rules hearing
News
5 Dec 2024 | CoastalReview.org
Wayne Lewis stood before state environmental regulatory officials Monday night and told the story about his wife.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, apolipoproteins and the risk of coronary heart disease in US men and women
Science
3 Dec 2024 | Environ Health
Elevated concentrations of PFOS in the blood were strongly associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, with the risk more than tripling for each unit increase in PFOS levels.
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Residential Garden Produce Harvested Near a Fluorochemical Manufacturer in North Carolina Can Be An Important Fluoroether Exposure Pathway
Science
2 Dec 2024 | J. Agric. Food Chem.
Residential garden produce grown near a fluorochemical manufacturing plant in North Carolina was found to contain significant levels of PFAS, predominantly low-molecular-weight PFEAs such as PMPA, PFO2HxA, PFMOAA, and GenX, with water-rich produce showing the highest contamination, posing potential dietary exposure risks for local communities.
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EPA PFAS monitoring and testing concludes
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2 Dec 2024 | City of Austin
Today, Austin Water released results from a year’s worth of water quality testing as part of a nationwide effort by the EPA to determine the presence of PFAS in public drinking water.
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Concentrations and exposure risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in human milk from Southern China during the first 400 days of lactation
Science
2 Dec 2024 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
Infants consuming breastmilk during their first 400 days face significant health risks from PFAS exposure, especially in the first 45 days, making it crucial to minimize dietary and environmental PFAS exposure in lactating women to reduce concentrations in human milk.
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Penn State will pay more than $564K after investigation into drinking water contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
News
23 Nov 2024 | Spotlight PA
Penn State will pay more than $564,000 toward the ongoing cleanup of contaminated drinking water affecting dozens of homes near the university’s airport in Benner Township.
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Why decades-old, toxic PFAS foam is still contaminating northern Michigan waterways
News
23 Nov 2024 | PBS
The Defense Department missed a deadline this fall to stop using a toxic firefighting foam that has caused widespread contamination across the country.
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Whistleblowing scientist accuses 3M of PFAS contamination cover-up in Minnesota
News
22 Nov 2024 | CBS News
A former 3M scientist says she now believes executives knew PFAS were potentially harmful long before they shared that information.