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Half of PFAS in drinking water not monitored by EPA: Study
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14 Apr 2023 | CoastalReview.org
Though millions of people would qualify for drinking water protections under a nationwide proposal to limit certain chemical compounds in water sources, millions more would not, a new study concludes.
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EPA Takes Important Step to Advance PFAS Strategic Roadmap, Requests Public Input and Data to Inform Potential Future Regulations under CERCLA
Policy
13 Apr 2023
U.S. EPA is issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asking the public for input regarding potential future hazardous substance designations of PFAS under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as “Superfund.”
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Colorado School of Mines researchers patent new process to destroy harmful PFAS "forever chemicals"
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13 Apr 2023 | CBS Colorado
The School of Mine's process -- called Hydrothermal alkaline treatment -- uses an extremely hot boiling sand with a chemical reactant to eliminate PFAS without emissions.
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EPA Standards Miss Many Chemicals in Drinking Water, Study Says
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12 Apr 2023 | The Wall Street Journal
Authors say communities could still be at risk despite proposed limits on PFAS.
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NRDC Analysis: Peer-Reviewed Study Finds EPA Misses PFAS Chemicals Already Present in Drinking Water
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12 Apr 2023
Nearly half of the PFAS “forever chemicals” present in drinking water samples are not monitored by the U.S. EPA, according to a peer-reviewed analysis conducted by NRDC and community members in 16 states.
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[Fact Sheet] Federal Drinking Water Monitoring Overlooks Many PFAS
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12 Apr 2023 | NRDC
Community-led water testing finds dangerous levels of PFAS that the EPA does not test for.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) registered under REACH—What can we learn from the submitted data and how important will mobility be in PFAS hazard assessment?
Science
27 Mar 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
Due to lack of data, many PFAS registered under REACH have not been identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, but still have undesirable properties such as persistence, toxicity, bioaccumulative, and mobile.
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EPA Proposes Enforceable Drinking Water Standards For PFAS
Policy
24 Mar 2023
Last week EPA released its proposal for the first set of Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) under the Clean Water Act for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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Utilities see new costs in proposed PFAS water rule
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22 Mar 2023 | Roll Call
Water utility groups estimated the national cost for treatment systems would exceed $3.8 billion a year.
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The unheeded inherent connections and overlap between microplastics and poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances: A comprehensive review
Science
22 Mar 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
The combined toxicity of microplastics and PFAS usually results in greater health harm, with some compounds being recognized as both microplastics and PFAS.
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EPA to limit toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
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20 Mar 2023 | AP
The EPA on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.
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How the US will remove ‘forever chemicals’ from its drinking water
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17 Mar 2023 | Nature
The EPA has proposed a strict PFAS limit, but it will take money and innovative technologies to implement the plan.
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New PFAS guidelines – a water quality scientist explains technology and investment needed to get forever chemicals out of US drinking water
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16 Mar 2023 | The Conversation
Dr. Joe Charnonnet explains what the proposed guidelines would require, how water utilities could meet these requirements and how much it might cost to get these so-called forever chemicals out of U.S. drinking water.
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes First-Ever National Standards to Combat PFAS in Drinking Water
Policy
15 Mar 2023
Yesterday the Biden-Harris Administration announced new action to protect communities from PFAS pollution.
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US to limit PFAS 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
News
15 Mar 2023 | BBC
But the new rules could also cause some communities to worry about the safety of their drinking water, as PFAS is widespread, and the new treatment systems could take time to put into place, said Dr Carol Kwiatkowski of the Green Science Policy Institute.