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EPA finalizes PFOA imports rule
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24 Jun 2020 | Politico
The rule, issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act, is largely aimed at closing loopholes rather than enacting major new changes.
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Another Pathway for Firefighter Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Firefighter Textiles
Science
23 Jun 2020 | ES&TL
Textiles used as firefighter turnout gear were found to have high levels of total fluorine, and individual PFAS were identified and measured on new and used firefighting turnout gear.
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[Webinar] Symposium: Science Gaps for Risk Assessment of PFAS in Food
Events
23 Jun 2020
ILSI North America will be hosting a webinar concerning the status and challenges of PFAS detection and analysis, exposure routes, and toxicity mechanisms in foods and ingredients.
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[Webinar] PFAS "the Forever Chemicals" Contamination in the Great Lakes Basin – A Strategic Discussion on Further Steps Around Binational Citizen Action
Events
22 Jun 2020
Bi-national work in the Great Lakes Basin has achieved benefits in the past and this interactive webinar will explore the opportunities to work bi-nationally to protect the Great Lakes from PFAS Contamination.
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EPA issues final rule giving it authority over manufacturing, sale of products containing PFAS
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22 Jun 2020 | Construction & Demolition Recycling
This action means that the EPA is prohibiting companies from manufacturing, processing or importing products containing certain long-chain PFAS without prior EPA review and approval.
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DOD must do more to address PFAS pollution
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19 Jun 2020 | Bloomberg Law
Military service members and their families are especially at risk from forever chemicals because of the DOD’s 50-year use of fire-fighting foam made with PFAS.
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Hundreds of airports nationwide are still using firefighting foam linked to cancer
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15 Jun 2020 | FOX56
While in 2018, Congress directed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to stop requiring the use of fluorinated firefighting foam by 2021, but until the FAA comes out with an alternative some airports will continue to use it.
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PFAS cleanup backers face unexpected foe: water utilities
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9 Jun 2020 | Bloomberg Law
After decades of inaction, the federal government has gotten serious about cleaning up PFAS, a class of compounds known as “forever chemicals” that have been linked to health problems and inhabit the bloodstream of nearly every American
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ASDWA publishes new PFAS – source water protection guide and toolkit
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5 Jun 2020 | ASDWA
The purpose of the guide and toolkit is to demonstrate and share effective strategies for addressing PFAS contamination risk in source waters that will help inform policy decisions, assist state drinking water programs in protecting public health, and encourage collaboration and communication among states and water utilities.
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Foam Transition: Is it as simple as "foam out/foam in"?
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5 Jun 2020 | The Catalyst
As an increasing number of drinking water supplies are discovered to be impacted with PFASs above levels deemed to be safe, numerous impacted communities are instigating litigation against end users and manufacturers of aqueous film forming foams and fluoroprotein foams.
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Study finds PFAS exposure may cause early menopause in women
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3 Jun 2020 | Endocrine Society
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure may cause menopause to occur two years earlier in women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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With $3 billion PFAS cleanup price tag looming, Pentagon looks to industry for ideas
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2 Jun 2020 | Phys.org
Staring down a $3 billion—and growing—tab to clean up water sources at military installations across the country that are contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals linked to firefighting foam, the Defense Department is now in discussions with private companies about potential cleanup solutions that might reduce the cost.
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EPA devotes team to understanding PFAS
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14 May 2020 | Waste Today
The PFAS Innovative Treatment Team will concentrate its efforts on how to remove, destroy and test PFAS-contaminated media and waste.
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Destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) with UV-sulfite photo-reductive treatment
Science
5 May 2020 | ES&T
While UV-sulfite treatment can be useful for treating PFOS and PFOA to meet health advisory levels, remediation of the broader range of PFAS in AFFF will prove more challenging.
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Clean Water Action's Facebook Live Event: PFAS Movie
Events
5 May 2020
Clean Water Action will be debuting their upcoming PFAS Movie, along with Q&A from California state senators and firefighters.