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States will weigh more than 210 bills on toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in 2022
News
4 Feb 2022 | Environmental Health News
At least 32 states are considering laws that would ban or restrict PFAS, including their use in personal care products, clothing, and food packaging.
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Evidence of PFAS chemicals in sports bras
News
2 Feb 2022 | Environmental Health News
Fifteen out of 23 popular sports bras have detectable levels of fluorine, an indicator of toxic PFAS, ranging from 10 ppm to 58 ppm, according to a new report from Mamavation.
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PFAS waste spurs alarm over ‘poisoning,’ regulatory gaps
News
27 Jan 2022 | E & E News
Between 2018 and August 2021, roughly 6,545 shipments of almost 14 million kilograms of PFAS-laden waste have traveled across the country.
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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.