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Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Firefighters from Hazardous PFAS Chemicals
Policy
1 Aug 2019
U.S. Senators GaryPeters (D-MI), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and emergency responders who are frequently exposed to harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams as they work to keep communities safe.
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Attorneys general urge Congress to act on ‘forever chemicals’
News
30 Jul 2019 | Boston Globe
A coalition of 22 State Attorneys General urges the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to help state and local governments curb the costs of cleaning up drinking water supplies contaminated by PFAS.
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Distribution, sources and human risk of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in a receiving riverine environment of the Nanjing urban area, East China
Science
29 Jul 2019 | Journal of Hazardous Materials
PFAS were detected in both water and sediments, with greater occurrence in the dry season.
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Effectiveness of point-of-use/point-of-entry systems to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from drinking water
Science
29 Jul 2019 | AWWA Water Sci.
Commercially available PFAS filters tested in homes for efficiency and ease of use in areas contaminated by PFAS-containing firefighting foams.
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Military starts task force after spreading toxic “forever chemicals”
News
24 Jul 2019 | The Hill
Secretary Mark Esper created a task force responsible for devising PFAS cleanup standards, finding an alternative firefighting foam without PFAS, and addressing “Public/Congress perceptions of DoD's efforts.”
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[Recording & Support Documents] The US House Subcommittee on Environment Hearing: The Devil They Knew – PFAS Contamination and the Need for Corporate Accountability
Events
24 Jul 2019
U.S. House hearing on the widespread industrial contamination of air, drinking water, ground water and food supplies across the United States with PFAS.
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Electrodialytic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal mechanism for contaminated soil
Science
23 Jul 2019 | Chemosphere
PFAS contaminated soil was remediated by passing an electric current through the soil.
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Harnessing fluoroacetate dehalogenase for defluorination of fluorocarboxylic acids: in silico and in vitro approach
Science
22 Jul 2019 | Envionment International
The ability of enzymes to degrade PFAS was tested in bacteria in order to design an environmentally friendly remediation technique.
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Federal PFAS hearing to focus on ‘widespread industrial contamination’
News
22 Jul 2019 | MLive
PFAS pollution across a 25-square mile swath of West Michigan traced to Wolverine World Wide’s manufacturing over decades raises questions of federal policy, state action and corporate responsibility… Sandy Wynn-Stelt’s home is just yards from a former Wolverine dump that is poisoning her water. Her blood tested at 750 times the…
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“Forever chemical” replacements on the rise in the Great Lakes
News
22 Jul 2019 | Environmental Health News
Yet another game of toxic whack-a-mole—this time with PFAS chemicals. Phased-out compounds are decreasing in the Great Lakes, but replacements keep showing up.
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North Carolina: Soil samples to be taken as part of GenX agreement
News
20 Jul 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
Chemours, the company that makes GenX has agreed to take soil samples. The company is also to pay a $12 million penalty and $1 million in investigative costs to the state, submit monthly reports about its GenX emissions, and provide drinking water to homes near the plant that have elevated levels of GenX.
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House measure would declare PFAS chemicals hazardous under Superfund law
News
12 Jul 2019 | The Detroit News
The U.S. House approved in a 220-197 vote a defense authorization bill that would designate all toxic fluorinated chemicals as hazardous substances under the Superfund program within a year and phase out military fire-fighting foam containing PFAS by 2025, rather than 2029 as called for in the underlying National Defense Authorization Act.
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Electrodialytic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal mechanism for contaminated soil
Science
8 Jul 2019 | Chemosphere
Swedish airport saw significant remediation of soil contaminated with firefighting foams containing PFAS.
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Senate vote requires military, EPA to deal with harmful 'forever chemicals'
News
27 Jun 2019 | The Hill
The Senate passed the 2020 Defense Spending Bill including a bipartisan amendment that would commission the U.S. Geological Survey to track PFAS contamination nationwide and require public utilities to test drinking water for PFAS. The House is expected to vote on this legislation in July.
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Senate vote requires military, EPA to deal with harmful 'forever chemicals'
Policy
27 Jun 2019
The Senate passed the 2020 Defense Spending Bill including a bipartisan amendment that would commission the U.S. Geological Survey to track PFAS contamination nationwide and require public utilities to test drinking water for PFAS. The House is expected to vote on this legislation in July.