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PFAS State Snapshot: California PFAS Regulation
News
27 Aug 2021 | JD Supra
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has proposed public health goals of 0.007 ppt for PFOA and 1 ppt for PFOS in drinking water.
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Environmental Group Issues Report ‘Setting the Record Straight’ about PFAS Contamination
News
24 Aug 2021 | Michigan Radio NPR
A new report compiled by a local group, Need Our Water (NOW) and the National Wildlife Federation, today issued a timeline critical of the actions of both the local Air Force and the state.
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Town of Campbell to Keep Receiving Free Drinking Water Because of PFAS, Two State Agencies Say
News
20 Aug 2021 | News8000
State agencies are providing more than 1,000 homes on French Island bottled water because of groundwater contamination.
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Congress Presses Forward on PFAS Measures
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20 Aug 2021 | The National Law Review
The PFAS Action Act of 2021 would impose new requirements on PFAS under various existing regulatory frameworks including those governing drinking water, wastewater discharges, air emissions, solid waste management and chemicals with expedited deadlines for action.
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Maine PFAS Products Bill Most Far-Reaching To Date
Policy
18 Aug 2021
Maine passed what was touted as the most aggressive PFAS bill related to products thus far in the country.
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Developing potency factors for thyroid hormone disruption by PFASs using TTR-TRβ CALUX® bioassay and assessment of PFASs mixtures in technical products
Science
4 Aug 2021 | Environ. Int.
PFASs mixtures, including aqueous film-forming foam surfactants, were assessed using the TTR-TRβ CALUX® assay for their thyroid hormone transport disrupting potential.
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Seattle study of breast milk from 50 women finds chemical used in food wrappers, firefighting foam
News
18 Jul 2021 | The Seattle Times
This study represented the first PFAS analysis of breast milk in U.S. women since 2004, and offered a mixed progress report.
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Local environmental groups form ‘PFAS Action Coalition’
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16 Jul 2021 | NPR Michigan Radio
The new group is called the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network.
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[Blog] Groundbreaking PFAS bills in Maine
News
15 Jul 2021 | Defend Our Health
Maine is the first state to require a comprehensive inventory of PFAS use and establish a procedure to eventually eliminate all currently unavoidable uses.
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PFOS in U.S. Ambient Surface Waters: A Review of Occurrence in Aquatic Environments and Comparison to Global Concentrations
Science
6 Jul 2021 | Environ Toxicol Chem
This review summarizes currently available literature on PFOS occurrence in surface waters across the U.S. and highlights existing data gaps.
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ExxonMobil lobbyist reveals company’s involvement with ‘forever chemicals’
News
1 Jul 2021 | Channel 4
A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist, captured on camera by Greenpeace UK’s Unearthed, has claimed that the company “manufactures” and “uses” controversial so-called “forever chemicals” and is working to delay a ban on their use.
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[Book Chapter] Fluorine Free Foams
Science
29 Jun 2021 | CRC Press
The objectives are to assist with transitioning to F3 foams by providing a summary of the properties and extinguishment accreditations achieved by multiple F3 foams and outline pragmatic approaches to adopting safer fire extinguishment systems based on F3 foams.
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Unclear if Ford Airport will help foot the bill, township moves forward with plan to bring residents clean water
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24 Jun 2021 | MLive
Up to 473 Cascade Township homes with wells in an area of polluted groundwater will be connected to municipal water by the end of 2023 thanks in part to a recent $5 million grant from the state. The total project cost is estimated at $13.2 million.
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Watchdog calls on Pentagon to detail ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup expenses
News
23 Jun 2021 | The Hill
The Pentagon has been working to address PFAS contamination in drinking water on its bases and has estimated that it would cost more than $2.1 billion beginning in fiscal 2021 to clean up.
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Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
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23 Jun 2021 | Press Herald
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation's strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.