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Maternal Plasma per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Concentrations in Early Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Thyroid Function in a Prospective Birth Cohort: Project Viva (USA)
Science
8 Jul 2019 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Prenatal exposure to PFAS negatively influences thyroid function in both mothers and infants.
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3M to test for more chemicals leaking into river in Decatur
News
8 Jul 2019 | Alabama Media Group
3M has agreed to test three closed landfills near its Decatur plant on the Tennessee River to see whether they may still be releasing PFOA and PFOS into the river or groundwater.
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New York: The Nation's Most Protective MCLs for PFOA/PFOS Accepted
Policy
8 Jul 2019
New York's Health Commissioner has accepted the Drinking Water Quality Council's recommendation to adopt MCLs of 10 ppt for PFOA and 10 ppt for PFOS. These levels are the lowest in the nation. Once adopted, the Environmental Facilities Corporation and the Department of Environmental Conservation will closely coordinate with the Department of Health to help fund and remediate water systems that test above the new maximum contaminant levels.
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3M stock is the biggest loser in the Dow today. This is why
News
5 Jul 2019 | Barron’s
3M has hit a rough patch, facing new environmental liabilities at the same time that global economic growth is slowing. The concerns have led investors to sell 3M stock (ticker: MMM), driving down its price by more than 20% from its 52-week high.
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Farmers losing everything after ‘forever chemicals’ turned up in their food
News
2 Jul 2019 | BuzzFeed News
’Forever chemicals’ linked to cancer are turning up in farm produce across the country, leading farms to lay off workers, incinerate cranberry harvests, kill cows, and dump thousands of gallons of dairy milk. Such long-lived "fluorinated" compounds have been measured in the drinking water in over 600 locations in 43 states, near factories or military bases that use them in firefighting foams…
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Michigan proposes strong, yet incomplete PFAS protections
News
1 Jul 2019 | NRDC Expert Blog
Michigan is proposing some of the most health-protective standards in the nation for several PFAS—yet could be missing out on the opportunity to protect its citizens in the long-term. Michigan has performed the most comprehensive PFAS monitoring in the nation, and the state has begun taking steps to protect it citizens from the health risk these dangerous ‘forever’ chemicals pose. Among the monitoring results, it was discovered that over 100 of their public water systems are contaminated with PFAS—affecting approximately 1.5 million of its citizens…
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Chemours says DuPont lowballed environmental liabilities
News
1 Jul 2019 | Washington Post
Chemours, a spinoff of DuPont’s Performance Chemicals unit, filed a recently unsealed lawsuit against DuPont, claiming that the maximum liability exposure figures that DuPont certified prior to the spinoff have proven to be “systematically and spectacularly wrong.”
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Senate vote requires military, EPA to deal with harmful 'forever chemicals'
News
27 Jun 2019 | The Hill
The Senate passed the 2020 Defense Spending Bill including a bipartisan amendment that would commission the U.S. Geological Survey to track PFAS contamination nationwide and require public utilities to test drinking water for PFAS. The House is expected to vote on this legislation in July.
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Michigan: Recommended PFAS health-based drinking water values
Policy
27 Jun 2019
Michigan Science Advisory Workgroup's recommended health-based drinking water values for 7 PFAS. This information will be used to develop regulatory drinking water standards for PFAS by April 2020.
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New Hampshire: Updated PFAS MCLs
Policy
27 Jun 2019
New Hampshire announced updated, lower PFAS MCLs.
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Senate vote requires military, EPA to deal with harmful 'forever chemicals'
Policy
27 Jun 2019
The Senate passed the 2020 Defense Spending Bill including a bipartisan amendment that would commission the U.S. Geological Survey to track PFAS contamination nationwide and require public utilities to test drinking water for PFAS. The House is expected to vote on this legislation in July.
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Michigan eyes toughest limits for some PFAS in drinking water
News
25 Jun 2019 | MLive
“LANSING, MI — Michigan could have some of the nation’s toughest drinking water limits for toxic fluorochemicals called PFAS if goals proposed by a state scientific workgroup survive the environmental rulemaking process unchanged and become law. On Thursday, June 27, the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) received “health-based values” for seven separate PFAS compounds from an advisory panel tasked with recommending regulatory limits for the chemicals in public water supplies…
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Wisconsin grapples with ‘green’ waste plants that spread hazardous PFAS
News
23 Jun 2019 | Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin pollution regulators have come to realize that sludge from wastewater treatment plants may be spreading hazardous industrial chemicals in ways that could increase health risks. Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District injects 37 million gallons of sludge into soil each year but doesn't test for PFAS.
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Bipartisan Senate efforts to mandate agencies address growing PFAS crisis
News
21 Jun 2019
As more than two dozen federal legislative proposals to address PFAS elbow their way through the halls of Congress, the Senate is likely to pass the National Defense Authorization Act before the July Fourth holiday with various bipartisan PFAS provisions that include reach beyond the Department of Defense.
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Wisconsin: Dept. of Health Services recommends 20 ppt groundwater quality standard for PFOA and PFOS
Policy
21 Jun 2019
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued its recommendations for groundwater quality standards for PFOA and PFOS.