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These everyday toxins may be hurting pregnant women and their babies
News
23 Sep 2020 | The New York Times
PFAS, industrial chemicals used to waterproof jackets and grease-proof fast-food containers, may disrupt pregnancy with lasting effects.
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PFAS GenX study draws direct comparisons with PFOA
News
23 Sep 2020 | The National Law Review
While this is but one study regarding GenX chemicals and the impact that they have on health, it is an important one for anyone closely following the PFAS science, litigation and regulations.
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Air Force won’t follow NH’s new PFAS water safeguards
News
18 Sep 2020 | Seacoastonline.com
U.S. Air Force officials said they will continue to follow the EPA’s “lifetime health advisory” for PFAS and not New Hampshire’s more protective standards.
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Recent US State and Federal Drinking Water Guidelines for Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Science
7 Sep 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
A thorough review of the guidelines and regulations concerning PFAS from the United States federal and state governments.
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[Press Release] EPA adds Blades, Delaware, site to Superfund National Priorities List
News
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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US research challenge focuses on PFAS foam destruction without incineration
News
28 Aug 2020 | C&EN
The US government and several states are offering researchers up to $50,000 to design novel ways to destroy PFAS in firefighting foams.
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Frustrated families in Summerville, Ga. wait for water solutions
News
28 Aug 2020 | News Channel 9
Back in January, the EPA found PFOS and PFOA in the water, above the recommended levels.
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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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[Press Release] EPA, U.S. Department of Defense, and state partners launch technical challenge seeking innovative ways to destroy PFAS in firefighting foam
News
25 Aug 2020 | EPA Press Office
The goal is to discover new non-thermal technologies and approaches that can remove PFAS in unused aqueous film forming firefighting foam, without creating any harmful byproducts.
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Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
News
24 Aug 2020 | Associated Press
North Carolina allowed Chemours Co., which is cleaning up PFAS in drinking water, to pause sampling of residential wells. Saint-Gobain, whose New Hampshire plant has been linked by the state to water contaminated with PFAS, has requested delaying smokestack upgrades.
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The battle for Decatur: PFAS contamination divides an Alabama town
News
23 Aug 2020 | The Intercept
This is just one of a series of conflicts playing out throughout the United States. In countless communities where PFAS have been discovered, residents are now grappling with — and sometimes fighting over — how to force powerful companies to clean them up.
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New agreement requires 99% reduction of Chemours’ PFAS water pollution
News
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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The latest on PFAS and drinking water
News
12 Aug 2020 | EHS Daily Advisor
States with adopted PFAS limits in drinking water include CA, CT, CO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, and VT, and states with proposed limits include IL, MA, MI, and NY.
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PFAS water cleanup…have you bought yourself a multi-million dollar Superfund issue?
News
11 Aug 2020 | The National Law Review
Water utilities must pay special attention to PFAS developments under CERCLA.
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US EPA changes PFAS rule after signing
Policy
6 Aug 2020
The US EPA is facing backlash over the way it finalized a rule that requires companies to notify the agency 90 days before making or importing products containing certain long-chain PFAS.