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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.
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Officials Underestimating ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lurking in US Food
News
12 Dec 2021 | The Hill
Data on PFAS exposures in the U.S. food supply are minimal and analytical methods in research are limited — likely leading to an underestimation of exposures.
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Why PFAS are so Impervious, and Who is Most at Risk from Forever Chemicals
News
9 Dec 2021 | PBS
Miles O'Brien looks at the impact they've had in one community in New Hampshire.
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[Press Release] 100+ Organizations to REI: Lead the Outdoor Industry Away from PFAS
News
8 Dec 2021 | Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future
The letter is part of a national campaign calling on REI to “opt out” of PFAS.
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EPA-Linked Consultant Undercuts Agency’s PFAS Concerns
News
8 Dec 2021 | E&E News and Greenwire
An industry toxicologist promoting artificial turf fields has repeatedly cited her work for EPA while downplaying the risks of PFAS used to produce plastic grass blades, making contentious claims often at odds with the agency’s own findings.
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[EWG News] Decades Later, Plumes of ‘Forever Chemicals’ from Defense Installations Still Contaminate Nearby Wells
News
7 Dec 2021 | EWG
PFAS concentrations measured at DOD installations are among the highest in the country, with some bases having concentrations in the millions of ppt.
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Biden Infrastructure Act Provides $10 Billion for PFAS Issues
News
4 Dec 2021 | National Law Review
The longer-term effects of the Act’s steps to address PFAS issues may in fact lead to additional litigation against companies.
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Food Packaging PFAS Ban Introduced in Congress
News
4 Dec 2021 | National Law Review
The lack of a definition in the Act for "intentionally added PFAS" opens the door to future debate of intent.
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Green Beauty Product Testing Finds More Than 60% Have PFAS Indicators
News
3 Dec 2021 | Environmental Health News
Of the 83 lipsticks, mascaras, and other beauty products tested by Mamavation, 54 were found to have organic fluorine, with eight containing organic fluorine levels higher than 100 ppm.
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[Blog] Groups Call on Biden Administration to Commit to Purchasing PFAS-Free Products
News
2 Dec 2021 | Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future
The EPA’s recently released PFAS Strategic Roadmap included some important national commitments but lacked an upstream focus on pollution prevention.
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Deer Consumption Advisory
Policy
1 Dec 2021
The State of Maine has detected high levels of PFAS in some deer harvested in the greater Fairfield area and is issuing a do not eat advisory for deer harvested in the area.