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EPA Proposes to Stop Authorized Use of Certain PFAS in Pesticide Products
Policy
1 Sep 2022
The U.S. EPA is proposing to remove 12 chemicals identified as PFAS from the current list of inert ingredients approved for use in pesticide products to better protect human health and the environment.
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Disparities in chemical exposures among pregnant women and neonates by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics: A nontargeted approach
Science
29 Aug 2022 | Environ Res
Participants with higher socioeconomic status tended to have higher PFAS abundances.
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EPA and Government of Flanders, Belgium Pledge to Share Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Information on PFAS and other Fluorocarbon Chemicals
Policy
24 Aug 2022
This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance signed a Statement of Intent with representatives from the Government of Flanders, Belgium pledging to share publicly available information on enforcement and compliance assurance issues related to PFAS and other fluorocarbon chemicals.
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California legislature sends to Gov. Newsom bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics
News
24 Aug 2022 | Environmental Working Group
Today, the California Legislature passed a bill to ban intentionally added toxic ‘forever chemicals‘ known as PFAS from cosmetics sold in California.
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[Scientific Poster] Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Preliminary Evaluation of Groundwater Contamination in the Western States
Science
15 Aug 2022
A map of estimated PFAS groundwater contamination created from groundwater data and geostatistical tools found very few areas in major aquifers where PFAS concentrations are under the new EPA health advisory limits.
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American Chemistry Council Uses Disinformation to Target PFAS Safeguards
News
8 Aug 2022 | The Equation
In its statement about the petition, the ACC claimed to support the development of drinking water standards for the PFAS chemicals PFOA PFOS, PFBS, and GenX. But it speciously charged that EPA was failing to ensure “the scientific integrity of its process.”
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Chemical trade group sues EPA over ‘forever chemical’ advisory
News
8 Aug 2022 | The Hill
A trade group representing American chemical manufacturers has filed a lawsuit against the EPA over new nonbinding advisories for so-called toxic “forever chemicals.”
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‘They all knew’: textile company misled regulators about use of toxic PFAS, documents show
News
5 Aug 2022 | The Guardian
A French industrial fabric producer that poisoned drinking water supplies with PFAS “forever chemicals” across 65 sq miles of southern New Hampshire misled regulators about the amount of toxic substance it used.
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Massive Quantities of PFAS Waste Go Unreported to EPA
News
5 Aug 2022 | The Intercept
US Ecology failed to report more than 11 million pounds of PFAS-contaminated waste at its facility in Beatty, Nevada.
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How Colorado is preventing PFAS contamination from the oil and gas industry
Policy
4 Aug 2022
In June, Colorado became the first state to ban the use of PFAS during oil and gas extraction — and now, in light of recent research finding the potential for widespread contamination, some are calling for a similar ban in Pennsylvania.
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Sarbanes Introduces Legislation to Better Identify and Mitigate PFAS Health Risks
Policy
1 Aug 2022
This legislation would enable the U.S. EPA to accurately identify and track more of the large class of toxic substances commonly known as PFAS.
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Rhode Island PFAS Regulations Become Law
Policy
1 Aug 2022
On June 27, 2022, Rhode Island passed two new laws into effect that regulate six types of PFAS in food packaging, drinking water, ground water, surface waters, and landfills.
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Doctors should test levels of PFAS in people at high risk, report says
News
1 Aug 2022 | CNN
On Thursday, the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine strode into the fray with a 300-plus-page report providing detailed advice for clinicians on how to test, diagnose and treat the millions of Americans who may have been exposed to PFAS.
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EPA Whistleblowers Provide New Evidence Of Ongoing Failure To Assess Dangerous Chemicals
News
1 Aug 2022 | The Intercept
Managers in the EPA’s New Chemicals Division have refused to assess the risk of cancer and other harms from chemicals deemed to be “corrosive.”
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The Association of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Serum Levels and Allostatic Load by Country of Birth and the Length of Time in the United States
Science
1 Aug 2022 | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Foreign-born individuals tend to have higher levels of serum PFAS the longer they stay in the United States.