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Scientists say some pitcher filters eliminate PFAS from your tap water
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19 Sep 2023 | News Center Maine
The report by the Environmental Working Group tested 10 pitcher filter brands.
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2 ways of knowing if there are PFAS in your drinking water
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17 Sep 2023 | Popular Science
If forever chemicals made it into your water supply, a filtration system can help remove them.
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U.S. House Budget Threats Jeopardize Proposed PFAS Regulations
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8 Sep 2023 | Public News Service
Environmental groups say a proposal to cut $4 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency budget would gut the regulations designed to clean up toxic chemicals from public water systems in Illinois and across the country.
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'Forever chemicals' from US base in Tokyo fueling residents' fears
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8 Sep 2023 | Mainichi Japan
Residents living near a U.S. military base in western Tokyo have been having deepening concerns about their health after a recent local study found many of them have excessive amounts of harmful substances, dubbed "forever chemicals," in their bloodstream.
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Georgia researchers work to remove harmful forever chemicals from water
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6 Sep 2023 | WSB-TV
Your tap water could be filled with a major health hazard called forever chemicals.
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3M’s Revised PFAS Settlement Includes Atypical Liability Terms
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5 Sep 2023 | Bloomberg Law
An unusual provision states and the 3M Co. negotiated in a revised multibillion-dollar PFAS settlement limits some future liability that water utilities and the company could face, a notable change with more litigation over the chemicals likely, attorneys say.
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Florida City Becomes Key Player in "Forever Chemicals" Fight
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5 Sep 2023 | Fox
Dave Peters took pride in supplying the residents of Stuart, Florida with award-winning drinking water. The former public works director says he clearly remembers one evening back in 2016 when the city’s living "nightmare" began.
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NH Delegation Welcomes $7.6 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Improve Drinking Water Systems in New Hampshire
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5 Sep 2023
U.S. Congresspeople Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Annie Kuster, and Chris Pappas that the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is receiving $7,640,000 in fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law funding to address emerging contaminants in drinking water with a focus on projects addressing PFAS.
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PFAS water contamination in schools forces thousands of children to steer clear of fountains and rely on bottled water
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5 Sep 2023 | DailyMail.com
A PFAS contamination crisis in school drinking water has forced dozens of classrooms nationwide to quietly switch to bottled water.
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Dangerous levels of PFAS detected in water for 27 million. Did the EPA find it near you?
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19 Aug 2023 | USA Today
Toxic “forever chemicals” are far more widespread through the country’s drinking water systems than previously known, according to new EPA data released Thursday.
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Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
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17 Aug 2023 | The Guardian
The water of about 26 million is contaminated as new data offers the most robust look into exactly which communities are polluted.
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Lawsuit says Brita misled users about ability to filter out ‘forever chemicals,’ more
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16 Aug 2023 | The Hill
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles claims that water filtration company Brita allegedly misled users about the ability of its popular products to remove a number of hazardous contaminants from tap water, including “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, which may cause cancer.
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California, other states move to block 3M's $10.3 billion PFAS deal
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26 Jul 2023
A group of 22 states and U.S. territories on Wednesday moved to block a proposed $10.3 billion settlement that would resolve claims against 3M Co. over water pollution tied to “forever chemicals,” claiming the deal fails to adequately hold the company accountable.
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Forever Chemicals Are in Nearly Half of America’s Tap Water. Here’s How to Reduce Your Exposure.
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24 Jul 2023 | The New York Times
Clean, safe drinking water is a luxury that many people in the United States take for granted. But your tap water may not be as safe as you think.
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‘Forever Chemical’ Lawsuits Could Ultimately Eclipse the Big Tobacco Settlement
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13 Jul 2023 | TIME
So far, DuPont, Chemours, Corteva, and 3M have paid a total of nearly $11.5 billion in damages for PFAS contamination. But that number could grow considerably, even exceeding the more than $200 billion paid by Big Tobacco in the 1990s.