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EPA Holds Webinar on “Reducing PFAS in Products: Progress and Challenges”
News
17 May 2024 | The National Law Review
Jennie Romer, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention, hosts webinars featuring businesses, Pollution Prevention grantees, and other experts about innovations and successes in implementing source reduction strategies to advance sustainability across sectors.
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NH Senate passes ban of PFAS in certain consumer products: 'We got it done'
Policy
16 May 2024
HB 1649 would ban the sale of certain consumer products containing intentionally added per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as forever chemicals, effective Jan. 1, 2027. The products would include things like adult mattresses, carpets and food packaging.
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Legislative Analysis: Impact of PFAS Regulations on Counties
Policy
14 May 2024
An online resource for counties who may be impacted by PFAS.
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SB24-081 Perfluoroalkyl & Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals
Policy
13 May 2024
This law will phase out the sale and distribution of certain products and product categories in the state of Colorado that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Construction and Demolition Debris (CDD): Discerning Sources and Fate During Waste Management
Science
10 May 2024 | J Hazard Mater
Sampling at a construction and demolition debris processing facility revealed elevated PFAS concentrations in materials like carpeting and drywall, raising concerns about leaching from landfills in light of limited oversight.
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Bill that would restrict PFAS in consumer products heads to governor
News
9 May 2024 | Vermont Public
The Vermont Legislature gave its final approval Tuesday to a bill that restricts toxic so-called "forever chemicals" in a suite of commercial goods.
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Cancer-causing chemicals ban signed into law
News
8 May 2024 | Coloradoan
On May 1, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed SB24-081 Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals (PFAS), which will now prohibit the sale or distribution of certain products containing PFAS in a gradual product phaseout beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and continuing through 2028.
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Republicans approve spending $36M opioid settlement money but again shut down PFAS talks
News
7 May 2024 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Republicans on the state's powerful budget committee approved their own plan for how to spend money received from opioid settlements and again refused to take up funding for addressing PFAS in a meeting Tuesday.
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Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts
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6 May 2024 | The Guardian
Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child development.
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Ask the Expert: How does NIEHS research on PFAS affect me?
News
6 May 2024 | Environmental Factor
Scott Masten, Ph.D., who directs the Office of Portfolio Strategy in the NIEHS Division of Translational Toxicology, discussed the recent PFAS measures and what people can do to reduce their exposures.
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[Report] Ronneby PFAS Research Programme
Science
6 May 2024
A decade of research on PFAS exposure through drinking water in a Swedish municipality confirms known risks like elevated cholesterol and kidney cancer while uncovering new ones such as osteoporosis fractures, diabetes, PCOS, and language disorders in children, highlighting the need for further investigation.
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What are PFAS? 'Forever chemicals' are common and dangerous.
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2 May 2024 | USA Today
"The general public shouldn’t be responsible for removing their PFAS exposure as the chemicals were released into the environment by chemical companies in the first place," says Dr. Erin Haynes, a professor of preventive medicine and environmental health at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health.
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Congress introduces ‘non-essential’ PFAS ban bill
Policy
24 Apr 2024
The legislation would give manufacturers 10 years to phase out the use of forever chemicals in production.
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Zürich II Statement on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): Scientific and Regulatory Needs
Science
22 Apr 2024 | ES&T
A review from PFAS scientists and regulators summarizes key progress in science and policy, ongoing issues to be addressed, and possible ways forward for reducing harm from PFAS.
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E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two ‘Forever Chemicals’
News
19 Apr 2024 | The New York Times
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.