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Toxic ‘forever’ chemicals pose risks to Rhode Islanders
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27 Jul 2020 | ecoRI News
PFAS are in a significant portion of the state’s drinking water. More than 40 percent of the schools tested had levels above the new recommended standard of 20 ppt.
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With ‘trepidation,’ Michigan settles Wurtsmith PFAS cleanup dispute
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26 Jul 2020 | MLive
A major bone of contention has been around the Air Force’s reluctance to comply with a low, 12 ppt state cleanup threshold for PFOS at the point where contaminated groundwater vents to surface water bodies.
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Oscoda residents, Kildee demand action on PFAS cleanup
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22 Jul 2020 | The Alpena News
In Oscoda, the chemicals come from firefighting foam used for decades by the U.S. Air Force at the Wurtsmith Air Force Base and have made their way into groundwater and nearby waterways. Advocates have been calling on the Air Force to clean up PFAS contamination for at least a decade.
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Disposal of products and materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A cyclical problem
Science
21 Jul 2020 | Chemosphere
PFAS-containing wastes create repeated cycles of contamination in all disposal pathways: landfilling, wastewater treatment, and incineration.
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Airport readies PFAS pollution response
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17 Jul 2020 | Jackson Hole Daily
Jackson Hole Airport is ordering tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of drinking water filters for neighboring residents in response to perfluoroalkyl substances that have leached into the groundwater, potentially threatening drinking water.
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Will Congress finally address toxic 'forever chemicals?'
Policy
30 Jun 2020
The haunting folk song refrain, “When will we ever learn?” could apply well to the reckless manufacture of a class of harmful chemicals called PFAS.
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Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
Science
29 Jun 2020 | ES&T L
This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the thousands of chemicals known as PFAS.
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Environmental Assessment of Various End-Of-Life Pathways for Treating Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Spent Fire-Extinguishing Waters
Science
25 Jun 2020 | Environ Toxicol Chem
This study investigates the environmental impacts emanating from the proper treatment of spent fire-extinguishing water with three end-of-life treatment scenarios.
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PFAS bills sent to Whitmer’s desk
News
24 Jun 2020 | The Alpena News
It would mandate that fire chiefs report incidents in which PFAS-containing firefighting foams are used to Michigan’s pollution emergency alert system. The state environmental department would have to accept the foam concentrate free of charge and properly dispose of it.
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Michigan collects 30k gallons of toxic PFAS firefighting foam
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17 Jun 2020 | MLive
Foam is solidified into a cement-like state before disposal. It was originally headed for U.S. Ecology’s hazardous waste landfill in Belleville, but it has been re-routed to Idaho because the region receives less rainfall and landfills there do not generate as much leachate.
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Temporal and spatial analysis of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in surface waters of Houston ship channel following a large-scale industrial fire incident
Science
16 Jun 2020 | Env. Poll.
This work documents the impact of a large-scale industrial fire on the environmental levels of PFAS, establishes a baseline concentration of PFAS in the affected area, and highlights the critical need for the development of PFAS water quality standards.
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Hundreds of airports nationwide are still using firefighting foam linked to cancer
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15 Jun 2020 | FOX56
While in 2018, Congress directed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to stop requiring the use of fluorinated firefighting foam by 2021, but until the FAA comes out with an alternative some airports will continue to use it.
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State Legislature passes legislation prohibiting incineration of AFFF with PFAS
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11 Jun 2020 | The Record
This New York state level action would solidify the one-year moratorium on incineration unanimously adopted by the Cohoes Common Council on April 28.
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San Francisco Bay region issues risk-based screening levels for PFAS at cleanup sites
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8 Jun 2020 | JDSupra
The Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board also created a strategy for identifying and prioritizing potential sites for PFAS testing, as well as additional investigation and cleanup. Sites with industrial, manufacturing or firefighting facilities/processes that have a history of using PFAS will be prioritized.
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Johnson Controls pushes back on DNR order to test more wells for ‘forever chemicals’
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8 Jun 2020 | Milwaukee journal sentinel
Tyco Fire Products, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, started testing firefighting foam with perfluorinated chemicals at the training center in Marinette in 1962 and continued the practice until late 2017 when testing was moved indoors, where the chemicals could be captured and transported to a different site for disposal.