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[Press Release] EPA Requires Reporting on Releases and Waste Management of Certain PFAS, Including PFBS
News
24 Jan 2022 | EPA.gov
In addition to continuing to add PFAS to the TRI, EPA also will soon announce a series of PFAS test orders that will require PFAS manufacturers to provide the agency with toxicity data and information on PFAS.
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Indiana firefighters could get annual blood testing for PFAS under proposed pilot program
Policy
20 Jan 2022
Indiana firefighters could get annual blood testing for exposure to synthetic PFAS chemicals through a proposed pilot program, according to a new bill introduced in the Statehouse.
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[Press Release] EPA Sued Over PFAS ‘Secrecy’ Reporting Loopholes
News
20 Jan 2022 | Earthjustice
Due to recently created EPA loopholes, chemical companies and the military can keep the PFAS they produce or dump in the environment secret.
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Canadian and US Perspectives on PFAS: A One Health Challenge
Events
18 Jan 2022
The MSU Health & Risk Communication Center presents a series on the history, science, impact, and challenges of PFAS in the US and Canadian context.
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Legal obstacles to toxic chemical research
Policy
17 Jan 2022
Amid debate about how policymakers should apply existing scientific findings, these science-hindering features are easy to overlook including insufficient availability of chemical standards, limited public access to information, and excessive fragmentation of information within and among government agencies.
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Michigan’s first PFAS site cleanup trial is scheduled to begin this year
News
12 Jan 2022 | MLive
The first civil trial to arise out of Michigan’s multi-year pursuit of cleanup at toxic PFAS contamination sites is scheduled to take place this summer.
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SAB PFAS Review Panel meeting
Events
7 Jan 2022
The EPA's Science Advisory Board will be reviewing proposals regarding PFAS.
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Per-and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) Cycling within Michigan: Contaminated Sites, Landfills and Wastewater Treatment Plants
Science
4 Jan 2022 | Water Research
Analysis of PFAS in Michigan waste found that landfill leachate is a primary source of PFAS to WWTPs, and treatment can increase PFAS concentrations up to 19x, yet long-chain PFAS like PFOA concentrate in biosolids.
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Minnesota Department of Health PFHxA health-based guidance for water
Policy
4 Jan 2022
Minnesota's Department of Health updated its toxicological profile for PFHxA.
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MPCA PFAS monitoring plan
Policy
4 Jan 2022
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accepting input on the draft plan from all interested parties from November 16 to January 21, 2022.
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EPA grants petition to order testing on human health hazards of PFAS
Policy
3 Jan 2022
As a part of the U.S. EPA’s efforts to address the human health and ecological risks of PFAS, the Agency announced it was granting a petition from six North Carolina public health and environmental justice organizations to compel companies to conduct testing of certain PFAS.
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US EPA turns down requests for more PFAS toxicity testing
Policy
30 Dec 2021
The US EPA has deferred or turned down advocacy groups’ requests to require Chemours to conduct toxicity tests on dozens of fluorochemicals found in North Carolina drinking water supplies.
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New Additions to the Proposition 65 List
Policy
20 Dec 2021
Over the past week, several new PFAS have been added to California’s Proposition 65 list.
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Forever chemicals: FL Senate panel proposes to tackle PFAS contamination
Policy
20 Dec 2021
The proposed committee bill would create a 16-member task force by next fall to determine how to identify and clean up contamination with PFAS, used for decades in a variety of consumer products such as food packaging and cookware.
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Biden ‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban Targets Cookware, Carpet, Couches
Policy
13 Dec 2021
The White House’s ban on federal purchasing of PFAS-containing products will focus on cookware, carpets and couches, according to the Office of Management and Budget’s memo implementing President Biden’s sustainability executive order.