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PFAS ‘forever’ chemical laws need an overhaul – recent court rulings highlight the loopholes
Policy
25 Jun 2024
According to the “polluter pays principle”, polluters should pay for the pollution they cause, including the cost of measures taken to prevent, control and remedy any pollution.
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Texas Farmers Sue EPA for Alleged Inaction on Forever Chemicals
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6 Jun 2024 | Bloomberg Law
The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, says the Environmental Protection Agency’s inaction allowed PFAS from sewage sludge fertilizers to contaminate farmlands, livestock, crops, and water supplies.
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Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits
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28 May 2024 | The New York Times
At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestos litigation, audio from the event revealed.
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Kalamazoo focuses on 2 pump stations to meet new federal PFAS standards
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24 May 2024 | Wood TV
Kalamazoo is asking the state for $51 million to help get rid of PFAS from its water on the city’s east side.
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Hundreds of drinking water systems exceed new PFAS standards. It could grow to thousands.
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24 May 2024 | USA Today
After more than a year of collecting test results for toxic “forever chemicals,” the Environmental Protection Agency says almost 300 of America’s public drinking water systems – including some that serve hundreds of thousands of people – exceeded newly established annual limits.
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EPA Holds Webinar on “Reducing PFAS in Products: Progress and Challenges”
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17 May 2024 | The National Law Review
Jennie Romer, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention, hosts webinars featuring businesses, Pollution Prevention grantees, and other experts about innovations and successes in implementing source reduction strategies to advance sustainability across sectors.
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Removing PFAS from public water systems will cost billions and take time – here are ways you can filter out harmful ‘forever chemicals’ at home
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13 May 2024 | WMNF
Every five years, the EPA is required to choose 30 unregulated contaminants to monitor in public drinking water systems. Right now, 29 of those 30 contaminants are PFAS. The tests provide a sense of just how widespread PFAS are in water systems and where.
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US polluters will pay for PFAS contamination cleanup following EPA ruling
Policy
24 Apr 2024
Michael S Regan, EPA administrator, said: “Designating these chemicals under our Superfund authority will allow EPA to address more contaminated sites, take earlier action, and expedite cleanups, all while ensuring polluters pay for the costs to clean up pollution threatening the health of communities.”
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[Video] What is Canada doing about 'forever chemicals'?
News
23 Apr 2024 | CBC
Andrew Chang explores how prevalent these chemicals are in our daily lives, why they're so dangerous and what Canada is doing to deal with them.
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[Opinion] We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way
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21 Apr 2024 | The New York Times
“We should not have to risk repeated exposure to these substances, with the most powerful bonds in organic chemistry, caused by the willful negligence of industry each time we place our faith in a glass of water.”
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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health
Policy
19 Apr 2024
EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities.
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E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two ‘Forever Chemicals’
News
19 Apr 2024 | The New York Times
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.
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Superfund Designations Could Fuel PFAS Litigation
News
19 Apr 2024 | U.S. News
EPA officials have said that the agency will prioritize enforcement against PFAS manufacturers.
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I'm a Michigan nun. Pope Francis says PFAS contamination is a sin against God. | Opinion
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17 Apr 2024 | Detroit Free Press
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently enacted the first-ever limits on PFAS in drinking water. This is great news, but the damage will be very hard to reverse.
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Dozens of Texas water systems exceed new federal limits on “forever chemicals”
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17 Apr 2024 | The Texas Tribune
The EPA set its first-ever drinking water limits for five types of PFAS chemicals, and nearly 50 of Texas public water systems have reported exceeding the new limits for at least one.