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The latest on PFAS and drinking water
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12 Aug 2020 | EHS Daily Advisor
States with adopted PFAS limits in drinking water include CA, CT, CO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, and VT, and states with proposed limits include IL, MA, MI, and NY.
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New contamination at an infamous N.J. chemical plant has scientists worried
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12 Jul 2020 | NJ News
Along the Delaware River in South Jersey, where heavy industry has long contributed to polluted water, air and ground, scientists have raised the alarm over a new contamination.
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New PFAS chemical contamination discovered in New Jersey
Policy
10 Jun 2020
Government scientists suspected that the factory was releasing a dangerous PFAS chemical, and they had good reason to think so.
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Nontargeted mass-spectral detection of chloroperfluoropolyether carboxylates in New Jersey soils
Science
10 Jun 2020 | Science
The historical legacy-PFAS fingerprint for sources in New Jersey was developed.
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New PFAS chemical contamination discovered in New Jersey
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4 Jun 2020 | The Intercept
Government scientists suspected that the factory was releasing a dangerous PFAS chemical, and they had good reason to think so.
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New PFAS chemical contamination discovered in New Jersey
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4 Jun 2020 | The Intercept
The recently identified chemicals is known only as “Solvay’s compound” which is a replacement for the PFNA, a close relative of PFOA. Previously, 83 wells around the site have been found to be contaminated with both PFNA and PFOA. Elevated levels of PFNA were found in people living near the plant, with one person’s blood level reaching 63 times the national average.
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New Jersey announces stringent MCLs for PFOA and PFOS
Policy
2 Jun 2020
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today officially published its adoption of stringent, health-based drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS.
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[BLOG] NJ finally getting PFOA and PFOS out of drinking water
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1 Jun 2020 | NRDC
Water suppliers in New Jersey will be required to filter any water in which they find levels of PFOA and PFOS that exceed the regulations.
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Investigation of Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Surface Water, Sediment and Fish Tissue in New Jersey, USA
Science
19 May 2020 | Sci of Total Env
PFOS, PFDA, PFUnA, and PFDoA were the predominant PFAS detected in fish tissue with the highest levels downstream of a military facility.
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New Jersey approves drinking water standards for toxic PFAS chemicals. Will legal battles follow?
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6 Apr 2020 | The Intelligencer
States that previously implemented similar standards faced swift legal action from chemical companies and even the U.S. military.
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How DuPont may avoid paying to clean up a toxic 'forever chemical'
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13 Mar 2020 | NBC News
Robin Andrews of Pedricktown, New Jersey, has been fighting an autoimmune disease and thyroid condition for the past three years, suffering severe dental problems, hair loss and other symptoms. All, she believes, are the result of exposure to drinking water tainted by a group of chemicals called PFAS, used widely for decades in products like Teflon pans, stain-resistant carpets, even cosmetics.
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FAA opens fire research facility
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16 Jan 2020 | AVweb
The 2,500 square-foot, fully enclosed fire-test facility will “eliminate weather related variables in testing and enhance data collection capabilities” along with containing and collecting fire testing chemical byproducts and preventing contamination of the surrounding area.
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Government studying widely used chemicals linked to health issues
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5 Dec 2019 | The New York Times
The federal government has started the first in a series of detailed studies of the impact the chemicals have had on human health.The goal is to determine what role the chemicals, known generally as PFAS, play in a long list of health conditions including thyroid, kidney, liver, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, among other ailments.
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Tap water at Trump National Golf Course contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
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6 Nov 2019 | Newsweek
PFOA levels reached 3.5 and 3.6 ppt at Jersey golf course.
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Biomonitoring of emerging contaminants, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in New Jersey adults in 2016–2018
Science
5 Nov 2019 | Intern.Journal of Hygi. and Environ. Health
New Jersey adults had higher PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS levels compared to other U.S. adults, on average.