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Michigan House of Reps passes AFFF bills
News
5 Oct 2019 | Alpena News
A package of three bills that would keep better tabs on the amount of hazardous firefighting foam used in the state was passed in the state House and is headed to the Senate.
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Peters' resolution to phase out PFAS in fire fighting foam passes Senate
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25 Sep 2019 | WKZO AM/FM
The unanimously passed resolution is calling for the final National Defense bill sent to the President to include a provision prohibiting the Department of Defense from using firefighting foams containing PFAS by the end of 2023.
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Trump threatens to veto first ever Congressional Action on ‘forever chemicals’
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22 Sep 2019 | Truthout
President Trump has threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization Act if it contains current amendments that would protect soldiers — and surrounding communities — impacted by the U.S. military’s use of PFAS-laden firefighting foam. Congress has until early October to submit an agreed-upon, merged bill to the president.
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New science on PFAS chemicals should mobilize our senators
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19 Sep 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
A peer-reviewed study, published this month in the prestigious Chemical Engineeri Journal, found short-chain PFAS chemicals, like GenX, are more widely detected, more persistent, and more mobile than long-chain PFAS chemicals they were designed to replace--such as PFOA and PFOS... This is profound news considering PFAS chemical makers, like Chemours, continue to claim GenX and other short-chain PFAS are safer replacements.
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Guest opinion: How to expedite PFAS contamination cleanup
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13 Sep 2019 | The Intelligencer
If this national crisis isn’t important enough for the EPA to flex its muscle, what is? If it never exercises its authority, it’s as if it has none.
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[Recording] U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing: The Devil They Knew: PFAS Contamination and the Need for Corporate Accountability, Part III
Policy
10 Sep 2019
A recording and supporting documents from September 10, 2019 U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment hearing on PFAS.
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Lawmakers push for state limit on PFAS in Delaware drinking water
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6 Sep 2019 | Delaware Public Media
Leaders of the State Senate Environmental and Natural Resources Committee and House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter 1 to Gov. John Carney asking him to direct the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Department of Health and Social Services to develop MCL rulemakings for PFAS in public drinking water.
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New Hampshire bans PFAS in firefighting foam
Policy
4 Sep 2019
New Hampshire has banned firefighting foams containing perfluoroalkyl chemicals.
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New Hampshire Governor signs bills addressing PFAS in firefighting foam, furniture
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3 Sep 2019 | Concord Monitor
A law signed by Gov. Chris Sununu would require fire departments to turn over older stocks of firefighting foam to the state, prohibit them from purchasing more foam containing PFAS, and restrict them from using existing foam except in specific circumstances.
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Denmark becomes first country to ban all PFAS from food contact materials
Policy
3 Sep 2019
Danish Food Minister Mogens Jensen moves to ban harmful PFAS in food packaging.
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WA Dept. Ecology Workshop: Safer Products for Washington
Events
29 Aug 2019
A informational workshop on how the WA Departments of Ecology and Health plan to implement Substitute Senate Bill 5135.
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The Sticky Subject of Non-Stick: Regulatory Science Challenges of Per- and Poly-Fluorinated Compounds.
Events
20 Aug 2019
The Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology is pleased to announce its 2019 Annual Regulatory Science Symposium, on challenges regulating PFAS.
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Cancer-linked forever chemicals found in more consumer products raises unanswered questions
News
13 Aug 2019 | NBC Bay Area
The New Food Economy tested fiber bowls from 14 locations of eight New York City restaurants and found that they contained high levels of fluorine, which indicates intentional treatment with PFAS compounds.
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Chemical industry lobby opposing strong Connecticut action on PFAS pollution
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11 Aug 2019 | Hartford Courant
Strong opposition from the chemical industry helped kill a PFAS-control bill in the 2019 General Assembly.
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Chemical industry lobby opposing strong Connecticut action on PFAS pollution
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11 Aug 2019 | Hartford Courant
State records show the American Chemistry Council spent more than $66,000 this year on lobbying the Connecticut General Assembly.