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OB Drafts Regs to Ban Artificial Tuft With PFAS
News
9 Dec 2021 | Marthas Vineyard Times
The contaminant threshold in the drafted regulations is one ppm.
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Rockland Contends with PFAS- ‘Forever Chemicals’- Above State Limits at Treatment Plant
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3 Dec 2021 | The Patriot Ledger
The sample from the end of September had the highest level of PFAS since testing started at 29 parts per trillion.
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States Eclipse Feds in Cleaning Up ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Soil
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10 Nov 2021 | Bloomberg Law
The EPA is moving forward with a roadmap for addressing PFAS.
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Advocates Urge Mass. To Ban Food Packaging Chemicals
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8 Oct 2021 | Worcester Business Journal
Manufacturers opposed the bill as drafted, and recommended a later compliance deadline should the bill move forward.
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PFAS Contamination: Of 21 Barnstable Ponds Tested, 21 Had Contaminants, Town Report Finds
News
4 Oct 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Seven samples had PFAS levels that exceeded the state drinking water standard.
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Keating: Air Force Agrees to Pay For PFAS Cleanups in Mashpee and Falmouth Wells
News
17 Sep 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Voters authorized $8.4 million to design, manufacture and install PFAS filters.
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Firefighters Blast Decision to Allow Toxic PFAS Chemicals to Stay in Their Gear
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15 Sep 2021 | WGBH
Firefighters across the region are decrying a decision by a Quincy-based association that sets national fire safety standards to allow the continued use of toxic PFAS in the manufacture of protective gear.
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Toxic Firefighting Foams A Challenge to Quickly Replace
News
8 Sep 2021 | State House News Service
The proposition of replacing our foam stock commonwealth-wide is daunting.
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As Barnstable Hunts for New Sources of Public Drinking Water, PFAS Contamination Rears Its Ugly Head
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3 Sep 2021 | Cape Cod Times
Contamination may once have been a deal-breaker in the search for new drinking water supplies, but is now so widespread that a supplier would be lucky to find a pristine source.
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United States: PFAS Consumer Products Regulation
News
13 Aug 2021 | Mondaq
An overview of enacted and proposed PFAS state laws and regulations.
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[Podcast] The true cost of PFAS
News
26 Jul 2021 | Whooshkaa
Alissa Cordner, an Environmental Sociologist and Associate Professor at Whitman College, discusses a recent commentary paper "The True Cost of PFAS and the Benefits of Acting Now" which was published in Environment Science and Technology Journal.
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PFAS update: Current state-by-state groundwater regulations
News
21 Jul 2021 | JD Supra
States have adopted a patchwork of regulations and guidance standards which presents significant compliance challenges to impacted industries.
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[Press Release] Detection of toxic PFAS chemicals increases to 2,790 communities
News
20 Jul 2021
The latest detections are based on new testing completed in Alabama, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina and Vermont.
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Prospective associations of mid-childhood plasma per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and pubertal timing
Science
6 Jul 2021 | Environ Int
Higher PFAS plasma concentrations in mid-childhood were associated with the later onset of puberty in girls.
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Massachusetts and California Bills Target PFAS in Cookware
Policy
29 Jun 2021
Massachusetts and California have pending bills that would impact the use of PFAS in cookware.