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NSW moves to ban ‘toxic’ firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals
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28 Feb 2021 | News.com.AU
The new regulations in New South Wales include banning the use of any PFAS firefighting foam for training and demonstration purposes, and restricting the use and sale of PFAS firefighting foam in portable fire extinguishers.
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in Los Alamos waters
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24 Feb 2021 | New Mexico PBS
While most water samples around the Los Alamos National Laboratory contained only trace levels of PFAS, some were 60 to 60,000 times the recommended lifetime exposure limit.
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Gillibrand, Rep. Maloney Announce Bill To Protect Firefighters From PFAS
Policy
22 Feb 2021
New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney were in Newburgh Monday announcing legislation to protect firefighters from PFAS.
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Legal action taken on French Island PFAS contamination issue
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11 Feb 2021 | WXOW
PFAS containing firefighting foam has been used in training sessions at the La Crosse Regional Airport.
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With PFAS everywhere, Minnesota calls for big new crackdown on the ‘forever chemicals’
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10 Feb 2021 | Star Tribune
The plan calls for clearly designating the entire class of man-made chemicals called PFAS as a "hazardous substance" in state law.
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Attorney puts City of La Crosse on notice for PFAS contamination
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9 Feb 2021 | News8000
An attorney representing 125 people served the city for contaminating their private wells.
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Sorbent assisted immobilisation of perfluoroalkyl acids in soils - effect on leaching and bioavailability
Science
9 Feb 2021 | J Hazard Mater
A preliminary assessment of the long-term stability of the treatment, assessed after a three-year curing period, suggested that the sorbent continued to be effective in reducing PFAS in leachates, thus showing the potential of this sorbent to hinder further environmental contamination.
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States Clash With Pentagon on PFAS Water Limits, Polluted Sites
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8 Feb 2021 | Bloomberg Law
Six states with drinking water standards for so-called “forever chemicals” are now wrestling with what those limits mean when water contamination from Department of Defense sites seep into their communities.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and total fluorine in fire station dust
Science
8 Feb 2021 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Turnout gear may be an important PFAS source in stations due to intentional additives and/or contamination from firefighting activities.
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[Press Release] Study: Almost all fluorine detected in fire stations’ dust is from unknown ‘forever chemicals
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5 Feb 2021 | EWG
The findings reinforce an earlier study that found PFAS used to treat firefighters’ gear could pose a threat to health.
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‘Water is Life’: Record-Eagle testing project uncovers PFAS in Indigenous household wells
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31 Jan 2021 | Record Eagle
The contamination found in their water isn’t high enough to require state officials to address the issue, but its presence still bothers those affected.
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N.J. sues U.S. military, wants feds to pay for tainted drinking water cleanup
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15 Jan 2021 | NJ.com
For decades, the U.S. military used a special foam to fight fires on bases around the Garden State. That foam, and the toxic chemicals inside it, slowly seeped into the surrounding area and throughout groundwater supplies...
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PFAS product liability cases – are the floodgates now open?
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12 Jan 2021 | National Law Review
Even companies without direct use or knowledge of PFAS use in products should consider a review of supplier materials, as those materials may have PFAS as a component, which could some day subject the company to legal liability issues.
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Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to terrestrial organisms
Science
12 Jan 2021 | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
A number of PFAS-free firefighting water additives were found to pose a hazard to terrestrial organisms based on a worst-case exposure scenario of direct application at the greatest recommended application rate for a class A fire (e.g., wood, paper).
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National defense bill may mean money for PFAS cleanup in Massachusetts
Policy
29 Dec 2020
The House is expected to vote Monday to override President Donald J. Trump’s veto of the $740 billion national defense bill, which includes money for PFAS cleanup at air bases across the country.