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Fluorinated substances pollute for billions of Euros every year
News
12 Apr 2019 | Nordic Council
Almost all people have so called PFAS-substances in their bodies today. A new Nordic report estimates annual health-related costs to 2.8 – 4.6 billion EUR for the Nordic countries and 52 – 84 billion EUR for all EEA countries. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), also…
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Why is high persistence alone a major cause of concern?
Science
11 Apr 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Increasing concentrations of PFAS, will result in increasing probabilities of the occurrence of known and unknown effects and that, once adverse effects are identified, it will take decades, centuries or even longer to reverse contamination and therefore effects.
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New Jersey is making companies pay for toxic contamination — Shining a new light on a little-known offender
News
2 Apr 2019 | The Intercept
New Jersey laid financial responsibility for dealing with PFAS contamination squarely at the feet of the chemical companies responsible for it. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection issued a directive on Monday ordering five companies to pay the costs of dealing with the toxic chemicals that have been associated with numerous health…
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DuPont and Chemours sued by New Jersey over pollution in Pompton Lakes and other sites
News
2 Apr 2019 | North Jersey Record
New Jersey sued chemical giant DuPont on Wednesday seeking financial damages for widespread pollution that contaminated air, soil and water at four sites across the state and endangered the health of thousands, including residents of a Pompton Lakes neighborhood who have had to endure cancer-causing…
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 1976, the "PFAS Detection Act of 2019"
Policy
28 Mar 2019
Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. (D-MI) introduced a bill that would require the Director of the United States Geological Survey to perform a nationwide survey of perfluorinated compounds.
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Maine dairy farm plagued by chemical contaminants may be ‘tip of the toxic iceberg’
News
26 Mar 2019 | York County Coast Star
More than two years after learning drinking water and milk tanks on his 100-year-old Stoneridge Farm were contaminated with a class of chemicals linked to cancer and other health concerns, farmer Fred Stone still can’t sell his milk and is losing hundreds of dollars a day, every day.…
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Imports of used PFAS into US scrutinized
News
15 Mar 2019 | Chemical & Engineering News
To meet demands for nonstick-pan coatings and fuel-cell components, Chemours depends on a fluorinated chemical called GenX. This compound helps building-block materials link together into tough, resistant plastics and industrial membranes. During the process of making these materials, GenX, an ammonium salt, ends up in water and hydrolyzes into…
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Pentagon pushes for weaker standards on chemicals contaminating drinking water
News
15 Mar 2019 | New York Times
Facing billions of dollars in cleanup costs, the Pentagon is pushing the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals that have commonly been used at military bases and that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans. The Pentagon’s…
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Occurrence of perfluorinated compounds in agricultural environment, vegetables, and fruits in regions influenced by a fluorine-chemical industrial park in China
Science
15 Mar 2019 | Chemosphere
The occurrence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in vegetables and fruits, as well as agricultural environment, was investigated in the downstream regions of Changshu fluorine-chemical industrial park (CFCIP) in China.
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Trace metals and persistent organic pollutants contamination in batoids (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea): A systematic review
Science
25 Feb 2019 | Environ. Pollut.
In this systematic review, we compile published scientific literature on trace metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including PFAS, contamination in sharks, rays, and sawfish.
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State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic
Science
5 Feb 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
A comprehensive view of the current exposure and health outcomes of arctic polar bears to persistent organic pollutants including PFAS.
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The U.S. military plans to keep incinerating toxic firefighting foam, despite health risks
News
27 Jan 2019 | The Intercept
The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to collect and destroy unused firefighting foam that contains the hazardous chemicals PFOS and PFOA. But in trying to solve one environmental problem related to these persistent chemicals, which have caused massive drinking water contamination, the Defense Department may be creating another.
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Levels, accumulation patterns and retrospective trends of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in terrestrial ecosystems over the last three decades
Science
3 Jan 2019 | Environ. Pollut.
PFAAs are still detectable in the environment and concentrations of other PFAAs as perfluorobutanoic acid appear to be increasing over the past 30 years.
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Reconnaissance of Mixed Organic and Inorganic Chemicals in Private and Public Supply Tapwaters at Selected Residential and Workplace Sites in the United States
Science
21 Nov 2018 | Env. Sci. & Tech.
USGS scientists tested 25 tap water sources from across the U.S. detecting PFAS in 84%, although some at low levels.
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[Recording] U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearing: The Federal Role in the Toxic PFAS Chemical Crisis
Events
26 Sep 2018
A recording and supporting information from a September 26, 2018 U.S. Senate Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on the Federal Role in the Toxic PFAS Chemical Crisis.