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Virtual Event No Defense Screening
Events
18 Aug 2021
The Great Lakes PFAS Action Network is hosting a virtual, seven-day screening, No Defense, The U.S. Military’s War on Water, by Pulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim, to raise awareness and prompt action on the PFAS crisis occurring across the Great Lakes region.
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Harnessing electronic health records to study emerging environmental disasters: a proof of concept with perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Science
17 Aug 2021 | NPJ Digit Med
Using only electronic health records researchers were able to properly predict the health outcomes of a PFAS contaminated zone.
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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of PFAS Occurrence at a Wastewater Beneficial Reuse Site in Central Pennsylvania
Science
20 Jul 2021 | ASABE
PFAS present in the crop tissue suggests that PFAS may enter the food chain once those crops are fed to livestock.
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We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
News
31 Mar 2021 | Consumer Reports and the Guardian
A nine-month investigation by the Guardian and Consumer Reports found alarming levels of forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US. Almost every sample tested had measurable levels of PFAS.
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‘Dark Waters’ attorney: New ‘forever’ chemicals pose threat to environment, human health
News
24 Nov 2020 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mr. Bilott said. “The regulators need to address GenX as a class of chemicals because it’s impossible for the EPA to keep track of and regulate every one.”
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[Press Release] Study: More than 200 million Americans could have toxic PFAS in their drinking water
News
16 Oct 2020 | EurekAlert
PFAS pollution is affecting even more Americans than we previously estimated. They are likely detectable in all major water supplies in the U.S., almost certainly in all that use surface water.
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Demographic and exposure characteristics as predictors of serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) levels - A community-level biomonitoring project in Pennsylvania
Science
13 Oct 2020 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
PFAS serum levels were associated with sex, age, employment in the study area, the quantity of daily tap water consumption, and length of residence in the study area.
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Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS?
News
29 Sep 2020 | The Intercept
A proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances has been sitting at the White House for more than a year.
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Does PFAS exposure make you more vulnerable to coronavirus? Senators want a study to find out
News
1 Jul 2020 | Courier Times
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey was part of a group of 19 senators to write to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Alex Azar last week to inquire about whether the potential connection between PFAS exposure and COVID-19 was being “thoroughly examined.
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A 'forever chemical' contaminates drinking water near military bases
News
16 Dec 2019 | NBC News
Communities nationwide have found levels of PFAS in their water hundreds, sometimes thousands, of times higher than the level recommended by the EPA.
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Government studying widely used chemicals linked to health issues
News
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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Shapiro: ‘Legal action’ coming for companies tied to PFAS drinking water contamination
News
23 Oct 2019 | The Intelligencer
Attorney General Josh Shapiro says his office will file legal action in the coming months against companies that made firefighting foams. Chemicals found in the foams have contaminated Bucks and Montgomery County communities.
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Temple researchers will look at link between PFAS and cancer
News
27 Sep 2019
Researchers at Temple University’s College of Public Health have been awarded a grant to look at potential links between PFAS-contaminated drinking water and cancer as part of a national, federally funded health study. The study will involve seven sites across the country, including Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania and Gloucester County in New Jersey.
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Warminster: Incinerator no longer accepting PFAS waste
News
21 Aug 2019 | The Intelligencer
Warminster municipal officials say they are being told incinerators and landfills across the state will not accept waste containing firefighting foam chemicals until regulatory agencies clarify whether it’s acceptable.
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PFAS contamination is likely at Pittsburgh airport. Airports may face legal challenges by doing nothing
News
12 Aug 2019 | Public Source
Records show the airport purchased 4,950 gallons of AFFF concentrate from 2012 to 2018. PublicSource does not have records for how much the airport purchased before 2012.