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[Opinion] We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop PFAS at the source
News
10 Mar 2025 | The Guardian
PFAS are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that’s not enough.
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Update RE: EPA’s Proposed PFAS Rule Comment Period
Policy
3 Mar 2025
EPA published a separate notice on February 21, 2025, extending the comment period on the following notices: Draft National Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health for Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid, and Perfluorobutane Sulfonic Acid, 89 Fed. Reg. 105041 and Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS), 90 Fed. Reg. 3859.
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Forever Chemicals (PFAS): An Overview for Maternity and Pediatric Health Care Professionals
Science
1 Mar 2025 | MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs
Healthcare workers, especially those exposed to PFAS through medical supplies and occupational settings, face increased health risks, while pregnant individuals exposed to these chemicals may experience complications such as gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and decreased birth weight in infants, highlighting the urgent need for monitoring and risk reduction strategies.
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Scientists Think This Oddball Organism Could Help Take the 'Forever' Out of Forever Chemicals
News
31 Jan 2025 | Popular Mechanics
With the discovery of bacteria with a predilection for PFOS, scientists hope that they can use F11 in remediation for this type of PFAS.
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Zeldin to head EPA sparking debate over PFAS regulation and industry influence
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30 Jan 2025 | Great Lakes Now
Committee Chairman Sen. Capito (R-WV) asked Zeldin what he would do about the “forever chemicals” problem, and Zeldin noted that he was a member of the PFAS Task Force and also voted for the PFAS Action Act during his former position as New York congressman.
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With funds running out, Maine is at a PFAS crossroads
News
27 Jan 2025 | Portland Press Herald
A multiagency presentation before lawmakers warns of the difficulty the state will face trying to meet the needs of residents adversely affected by the spreading of sewage sludge containing forever chemicals.
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EPA’s PFAS Regulations: What Real Estate Professionals Need To Know
Policy
24 Jan 2025
This post outlines key EPA regulations, discusses ongoing legal challenges to those regulations, and highlights important considerations for real estate professionals navigating PFAS issues.
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PFAS and waste solutions funded in final days of Biden EPA
News
21 Jan 2025 | Waste Drive
A week before President Donald Trump’s second term began, the EPA under former President Joe Biden funded two dozen small businesses working on early-stage environmental technologies.
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EPA administrator nominee talks PFAS, plastic and economy during confirmation hearing
Policy
17 Jan 2025
Lee Zeldin highlighted his plan to balance protecting the environment with protecting the economy and said working on PFAS passive receiver issues would be on his to-do list if confirmed.
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[Press Release] Attorney General Bonta Co-leads Amicus Brief Defending Nationwide PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Drinking Water Standards
Policy
17 Jan 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 17 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. EPA rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Exposures to PFAS and Other Unregulated Industrial Drinking Water Contaminants in US Public Water Systems
Science
15 Jan 2025 | Environ Health Perspect
Socioeconomic and racial disparities are linked to higher exposures to unregulated industrial contaminants, such as PFAS and 1,4-dioxane, in U.S. public water systems, with more than 97 million US residents being exposed to at least one of four unregulated contaminants.
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‘Forever chemicals’ in sludge used to fertilize farms can pose a health risk to people, EPA says
News
14 Jan 2025 | CNN
Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
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Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
Policy
6 Jan 2025
The Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Final Plan 15) announces one new rulemaking and several new studies.
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EPA adds 9 more PFAS to chemical reporting requirements
Policy
3 Jan 2025
A federal report that tracks industrial releases of chemicals into the environment will include additional PFAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday.
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The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago
News
2 Jan 2025 | The New York Times
The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”