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European countries announce plan to phase out toxic PFAS chemicals by 2030
News
26 Dec 2019 | The Intercept
Enviornmental officials from Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark today announced a plan to restrict all PFAS compounds under Europe’s chemical regulations framework.
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U.S. EPA: Interim Recommendations for Addressing Groundwater Contaminated with PFOA and PFOS
Policy
26 Dec 2019
The U.S. EPA released its interim recommendations for cleanup guidance for CERCLA, RCRA, and other federal cleanup programs.
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ECHA Member State Committee agrees on identification of PFBS and its salts as Substances of Very High Concern
Policy
11 Dec 2019
This decision was based on the concerns regarding these substances' very high persistence, high mobility in water and soil, high potential for long-range transport, and difficulty of remediation and water purification as well as moderate bioaccumulation in humans.
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The list of military sites with suspected ‘forever chemicals’ contamination has grown
News
21 Nov 2019 | Military Times
“As part of this process, we think there are probably more installations, and I’m not ready to tell you what that number is, but we found that we under-counted,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment McMahon told reporters in a briefing at the Pentagon.
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OECD Webinar: Finding Alternatives to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances of Concern: A Difficult and Continuing Challenge
Events
26 Sep 2019
The webinar will present efforts, successes and challenges in eliminating per and polyfluorinated chemicals of environmental concern from the life cycle of consumer products.
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Wisconsin Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Relating to PFAS
Policy
27 Aug 2019
Executive Order #40 directs the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to take significant measures to address PFAS contamination.
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Short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic systems: Occurrence, impacts and treatment
Science
27 Aug 2019 | Chem. Eng. Journal
Short-chain PFAS found to be more persistent, mobile, and resistent to remediation techniques compared to long-chain PFAS.
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Next President must address water crisis
News
1 Aug 2019 | The Detroit News
While they are in our state, the presidential candidates will be surrounded by the Great Lakes. But despite being surrounded by the world’s largest freshwater supply in the world, the sad irony is that right now in Michigan, many families don’t have access to clean drinking water in their homes.
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Alaska DEC rolls back PFAS chemicals to avoid remediation costs for polluters, violating state law
News
23 Jul 2019 | CoastAlaska
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration directed DEC to change its regulations. It now screens for two PFAS compounds rather than five when determining whether water is safe to drink. By limiting its testing to two compounds, the DEC is no longer screening for PFHxS, one of the drivers for declaring a Yakutat drinking water source contaminated.
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N.H. approves unprecedented limits for PFAS chemicals in drinking water
Policy
19 Jul 2019
New Hampshire adopted the country’s most sweeping limits for PFAS chemical contamination in drinking water. It makes New Hampshire the first state to require local water systems, landfills and wastewater plants to routinely test and treat for four chemicals classified as PFAS.
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Curbing the use of ‘forever’ chemicals
News
18 Jul 2019 | Harvard School of Public Health
An interview with Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health at Harvard Chan School who studies PFAS, including its health effects on immune response and risk of type 2 diabetes.
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House gearing up for PFAS in defense bill
Policy
9 Jul 2019
The U.S. House of Representatives takes up work this week on what could become its own version of major PFAS legislation attached to the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Europe: GenX declared a Substance of Very High Concern
Policy
28 Jun 2019
The EU Member State Committee voted to identify HFPO-DA (aka. GenX), as a substance of very high concern due to its probable serious effects on human health and the environment.
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Development of an oral reference dose for the perfluorinated compound GenX
Science
18 Jun 2019 | J Appl Toxicol
An oral reference dose was developed for GenX to aid risk assessors and regulators in establishing a health-protective drinking water standard.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2377, the “Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act of 2019”
Policy
31 May 2019
Reps. Boyle (D-PA) and Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a bill that require the EPA to set a drinking water maximum contaminant level for total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to protect public health.