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$700 million plan unveiled to deal with ‘forever chemicals’ in east metro drinking water
News
11 Sep 2020 | Star Tribune
The plan still isn’t final — it’s open for a 45-day comment period through Oct. 26 — but it’s a major milestone in the $850 million settlement Minnesota reached with 3M Co. in 2018 over the man-made chemicals.
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CFPUA asks to join Chemours lawsuit as new, previously unknown PFAS identified in the water
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10 Sep 2020 | Port City Daily
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is contending that it should be granted equal standing in negotiations for a lawsuit against Chemours, in which the state is arguing that Chemours has allowed undue levels of PFAS into the drinking water of some New Hanover County residents.
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Broad ‘fishnet’ PFAS testing worries industry, helps regulators
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8 Sep 2020 | Bloomberg Law
North Carolina, the EPA, and an international standards organization want to use a method for detecting known and unknown “forever chemicals” in water that the chemical industry opposes for being too broad.
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Uptake, accumulation and metabolism of PFASs in plants and health perspectives: A critical review
Science
2 Sep 2020 | Crit. Rev. in Env. Sci. & Tech.
This review summarizes the recent findings on the uptake, accumulation, distribution, and metabolism of PFASs in higher plants, with a specific focus on plant metabolism pathways of representative PFAS.
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Photochemical decomposition of perfluorochemicals in contaminated water
Science
1 Sep 2020 | Water Res.
This review aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date summary on the various photocatalytic processes for PFAS removal.
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[Press Release] EPA adds Blades, Delaware, site to Superfund National Priorities List
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1 Sep 2020 | EPA
The primary groundwater contaminants of concern in the Blades area are metals associated with electroplating compounds. PFOS and PFOA have also been found in groundwater and public and residential supply wells.
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Vermont Agency of Natural Resource's Advance Notice on the Regulation of PFAS as a Class
Policy
26 Aug 2020
After reviewing the current peer-reviewed literature, as well as the available toxicology data for PFAS, the Agency's Review Team determined that at the current time it is not feasible to regulate PFAS as a Class, other than the five compounds presently regulated to the health-based standard.
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In situ soil flushing to remediate confined soil contaminated with PFOS- an innovative solution for emerging environmental issue
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Chemosphere
Flushing soils with a variety of solvents and filters were found to remediate PFOS up to 98%.
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The impact of risk management measures on the concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in source and treated drinking waters in Ontario, Canada
Science
25 Aug 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
Risk management measures designed to restrict the pollution of PFAS were found to reduce the contamination in Canadian drinking water significantly.
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Michigan claims PFAS makers hid firefighting foam danger in new lawsuits
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21 Aug 2020 | MLive.com
Michigan Attorney General has filed dual lawsuits in state and federal court against multiple companies that manufacturer, sell or distribute a type of chemical-based firefighting foam that has led to widespread environmental contamination.
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3M strikes deal to clean Tennessee River
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19 Aug 2020 | AON
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has struck a deal with the 3M Company to clean up chemicals that it admitted to illegally releasing into the Tennessee River over a 10-year period. The agreement requires the company to clean up the chemicals and identify affected sites.
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A Review of Electrochemical Reduction Processes to Treat Oxidized Contaminants in Water
Science
18 Aug 2020 | Curr. Op. in Elec.
This review provides a short overview of electrochemical reduction processes for oxidized contaminants in water such as PFAS.
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New agreement requires 99% reduction of Chemours’ PFAS water pollution
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13 Aug 2020 | Southern Environmental Law Center
Attorneys reached an agreement today on the details of next steps under a consent order with N.C. DEQ and Chemours, requiring the chemical company to stop 99% of GenX and other PFAS water pollution from its site into the Cape Fear River, the source of drinking water for the surrounding counties.
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Deal reached for Chemours to stop remaining GenX chemical pollution of Cape Fear River
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13 Aug 2020 | Star News
The DEQ said it will take public comment on the proposed amendment to a previous agreement regarding Chemours’ long discharge of PFAS chemicals into the river and the air from its plant on the Cape Fear River south of Fayetteville.
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Answers to Common Questions on PFAS in Drinking Water
Science
12 Aug 2020 | AWWA
An overview of the most common questions regarding PFAS, exposure, and what is currently being done to remediate it.