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[Blog] House bill would ban sale, production of PFAS in North Carolina
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15 May 2020 | The Progressive Pulse
The measure would also prohibit the export of the toxic compounds, “except for products specifically authorized or required to contain PFAS under federal law.”
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Ionic Fluorogels for Remediation of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances from Water
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5 May 2020 | ACS Cent Sci
A fluorinated gel was used to remediate 21 legacies and emerging PFAS from a wastewater treatment plant in North Carolina.
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Your discarded carpet is poisoning the Earth with PFAS
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16 Apr 2020 | NC Policy Watch
New research shows very high levels of PFAS in construction and demolition landfill leachate (15,530 ppt), jeopardizing groundwater.
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DEQ rejects Chemours’ proposed GenX groundwater cleanup plan
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8 Apr 2020 | NC Policy Watch
DEQ received over 1,240 public comments on the plan, most of which denounced Chemours’ plan as insufficient to meet the needs of the community and the demands of the law.
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How long will it take to rid PFAS from private wells?
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7 Apr 2020 | North Carolina Health News
Figures from the state Department of Environmental Quality show that, as of mid-February, more than 2,500 homes in the contaminated area have qualified for water filtration systems provided by Chemours.
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CFPUA: Chemours’ corrective action plan falls short
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2 Apr 2020
“Overall, for the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on CFPUA for drinking water, we find this plan falls far short of the actions needed to meaningfully correct the damages done by Chemours and DuPont.”
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Chemours: Thermal oxidizer destroys PFAS by 99.99 percent
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30 Mar 2020 | WWAY
Testing was conducted by Chemours, and monitored by the North Carolina Division of Air Quality in January and February, following successful start-up of the thermal oxidizer in December of 2019.
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N.C. State receives $7.4 million grant to establish PFAS research center
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18 Mar 2020 | NC Health News
The center will expand on existing studies, including human exposure to PFAS in Wilmington and the Fayetteville area, and take a deeper look into getting rid of the chemicals.
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Evaluation of Maternal, Embryo, and Placental Effects in CD-1 Mice following Gestational Exposure to Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) or Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (HFPO-DA or GenX).
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25 Feb 2020 | Environ. Health Perspect.
GenX exposure leads to health harm regardless of shorter reported half-life.
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Elevated levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Cape Fear River Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) are associated with biomarkers of altered immune and liver function
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18 Feb 2020 | Environ Int
The elevated PFAS concentrations found in the striped bass indicated poor liver and immune system function.
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Point-of-Use Residential Drinking Water Filters for Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
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12 Feb 2020 | Environ Sci Technol. Let.
PFAS removal efficiency was dependent on chain length, with long-chain PFASs (∼60–70% removal) being more efficiently removed than short-chain PFASs (∼40% removal).
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Study says water filters may not block some harmful compounds
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7 Feb 2020 | North Carolina Public Radio
While filters are an option, "the real goal should be control of PFAS contaminants at their source," said Detlef Knappe of N.C. State University.
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More PFAS questions, concerns in Brunswick
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22 Jan 2020 | Star News Online
Schools send bottled water to one site as county and water officials defend their current practices and future endeavors.
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What to do about pollution from “forever chemicals”?
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9 Jan 2020 | NC Policy Watch
The NC Department of Environmental Quality is proposing a maximum concentration of 70 ppt for PFOS and for PFOA in groundwater. This is the same level as recommended by the EPA.
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Researchers find high levels of PFAS chemicals in rainwater in United States
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18 Dec 2019 | The Weather Channel
Most of the samples had PFAS concentrations of less than 1 ng/l, or 1 ppt, but several were about 4 ng/l. The highest total concentration was nearly 5.5 ng/l in a sample from Massachusetts. For drinking water, some states have proposed setting the level at which some type of official action is required at 2 nanograms per liter.