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Maine ‘Forever Chemicals’ Problem Has Now Spread to Chicken Eggs
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13 Dec 2021 | Bangor News
A second round of testing in March after the chickens had been switched over to treated, PFAS-free water, showed a significant drop in the eggs’ PFAS levels.
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Illinois EPA Proposes Groundwater Standards for Dangerous Chemicals
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13 Dec 2021 | KHAQ
The proposed rule includes new groundwater quality standards for five PFAS chemicals: PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFBS.
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PFAS Polluter Agrees to Pay $13M for Dover’s New Water Treatment Plant
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8 Dec 2021 | Fosters Daily Democrat
New England Metal Recycling Inc., which polluted city aquifers with harmful PFAS contaminants, has agreed to pay for the construction and operation of a new city water treatment facility.
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[EWG News] Decades Later, Plumes of ‘Forever Chemicals’ from Defense Installations Still Contaminate Nearby Wells
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7 Dec 2021 | EWG
PFAS concentrations measured at DOD installations are among the highest in the country, with some bases having concentrations in the millions of ppt.
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EGLE Kicks Off Great Lakes PFAS Summit
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6 Dec 2021 | Michigan Public Radio Network
The “Great Lakes Virtual PFAS Summit” is a week-long event where policymakers, environmentalists and researchers can learn about how to address the threat posed by PFAS.
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Rockland Contends with PFAS- ‘Forever Chemicals’- Above State Limits at Treatment Plant
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3 Dec 2021 | The Patriot Ledger
The sample from the end of September had the highest level of PFAS since testing started at 29 parts per trillion.
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He Hunted Deer to Feed His Family. Now He Feared ‘Forever Chemicals’ Have Sickened Them
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1 Dec 2021 | Bangor Daily News
High levels of PFAS were found in Fairfield deer.
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DNR Finalizing Rules Limiting Some PFAS in Drinking, Surface Waters
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29 Nov 2021 | Wisconsin State Journal
The agency is separately working on rules to limit PFOA and PFOS in groundwater and another 12 fluorinated compounds in drinking water.
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Colorado Intensifies Efforts Against ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Supplies
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29 Nov 2021 | Fresh Water News/Colorado Politics
Colorado has launched an emergency grant program aimed at helping communities where PFAS have appeared in drinking water.
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Maine Issues ‘Do Not Eat’ Advisory for Deer Harvested Near PFAS-Contaminated Fields in Fairfield Area
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23 Nov 2021 | The Portland Press Herald
The advisory area includes farm fields that have been contaminated by spreading municipal or industrial sludge for fertilizer that contained PFAS.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Significance and Considerations within the Regulatory Framework of the USA
Science
23 Nov 2021 | Int J Environ Res Public Health
Regulatory agencies must start being proactive instead of reactive with PFAS contamination.
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US legislation banning ‘forever chemicals’ far from certain as Senate fight looms
Policy
19 Nov 2021
Bipartisan legislation introduced this week in Congress would ban PFAS “forever chemicals” in US food packaging and significantly reduce exposure to the highly toxic compounds.
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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to ask Hundreds of Businesses to Begin Monitoring for PFAS
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16 Nov 2021 | Star Tribune
The results could offer one of the most comprehensive understandings yet of exactly where PFAS contamination is still coming from.
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Pennsylvania DEP Strict Limits for ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
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16 Nov 2021 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
The rule would set limits of 14 ppt for PFOA and 18 ppt for PFOS.
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Exposed to Contaminated Water at Pease? Health Officials Urge Signing Up for Health Study
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16 Nov 2021 | Portsmouth Herald
The information from the Pease Study will be compiled with results from seven different sites across the U.S. where people were exposed to drinking water contaminated by PFAS.