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Mediation proposed for Wolverine PFAS municipal water dispute
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11 Jul 2019 | MLive
Wolverine World Wide will enter ‘structured, confidential’ mediation under proposed settlement discussions with the state of Michigan and two Kent County townships, which want the shoemaker to pay for extending municipal water to areas where its tannery waste has contaminated the groundwater.
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Grayling homeowners cope with water contamination
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10 Jul 2019 | Record Eagle
A toxic plume of PFAS chemicals currently seeps through the groundwater and into local surface waters, the result of decades of using and training with firefighting foam at Camp Grayling, the primary training facility for the Michigan National Guard and the largest U.S. National Guard training installation.
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A vote this week may help launch changes to federal PFAS oversight
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10 Jul 2019 | MLive
Congress is looking at a wave of proposed PFAS legislation, including several amendments added to the military spending bill for 2020. If the U.S. House of Representatives votes as expected this week on its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2020, environmental proponents say, they’re likely to include measures that would strengthen PFAS requirements for the federal government and military...
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House gearing up for PFAS in defense bill
Policy
9 Jul 2019
The U.S. House of Representatives takes up work this week on what could become its own version of major PFAS legislation attached to the National Defense Authorization Act.
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New York proposes new drinking water standards for 3 chemicals
News
9 Jul 2019 | Newsday
The state Department of Health recommended new drinking water standards for three chemicals... the first time in nearly 20 years new contaminants would be regulated in New York. The proposed limit for 1,4-dioxane of 1 ppb would be a first in the nation... PFOS and PFOA each would be limited to 10 ppt...
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PFAS sleuths seek ‘forever chemical’ fingerprints
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9 Jul 2019 | Bloomberg Environment
Scientists push to identify sources of PFAS contamination. Stronger evidence could bolster hundreds of lawsuits, regulatory cleanup...
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New York to set limits for industrial chemicals in water
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8 Jul 2019 | Associated Press
Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has accepted the New York State Drinking Water Quality Council’s recommendations for limits of 10 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water...
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Maternal Plasma per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Concentrations in Early Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Thyroid Function in a Prospective Birth Cohort: Project Viva (USA)
Science
8 Jul 2019 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Prenatal exposure to PFAS negatively influences thyroid function in both mothers and infants.
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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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Accumulation of perfluoroalkyl substances in lysimeter-grown rice in Japan using tap water and simulated contaminated water
Science
8 Jul 2019 | Chemosphere
PFAS accumulation in rice linked to high exposures due to human consumption and use of the rice plant for animal feed and organic fertilizer.
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3M to test for more chemicals leaking into river in Decatur
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8 Jul 2019 | Alabama Media Group
3M has agreed to test three closed landfills near its Decatur plant on the Tennessee River to see whether they may still be releasing PFOA and PFOS into the river or groundwater.
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Column chromatography approach to determine mobility of fluorotelomer sulfonates and polyfluoroalkyl betaines
Science
8 Jul 2019 | Sci. of the Total Enviro.
The movement of PFAS containing firefighting foams was investigated in groundwater.
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New York: The Nation's Most Protective MCLs for PFOA/PFOS Accepted
Policy
8 Jul 2019
New York's Health Commissioner has accepted the Drinking Water Quality Council's recommendation to adopt MCLs of 10 ppt for PFOA and 10 ppt for PFOS. These levels are the lowest in the nation. Once adopted, the Environmental Facilities Corporation and the Department of Environmental Conservation will closely coordinate with the Department of Health to help fund and remediate water systems that test above the new maximum contaminant levels.
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3M stock is the biggest loser in the Dow today. This is why
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5 Jul 2019 | Barron’s
3M has hit a rough patch, facing new environmental liabilities at the same time that global economic growth is slowing. The concerns have led investors to sell 3M stock (ticker: MMM), driving down its price by more than 20% from its 52-week high.
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PFAS health effects database: Protocol for a systematic evidence map
Science
5 Jul 2019 | Environ Int
A proposed method to systematically identify and organize health and toxicological data on 29 PFAS.