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‘Dark Waters’ brings awareness to PFAS water contamination litigation
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15 Oct 2019 | Legal Examiner
A new movie scheduled to be released in November 2019, follows the story of how the American company DuPont knowingly poisoned 70,000 residents for decades. Currently, lawsuit against DuPont, 3M, and other companies are being filled for their alleged role in other water contamination crisis.
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Pumping PFAS-contaminated water from airport expansion into ocean is ‘insanity’, chemical expert says
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15 Oct 2019 | ABC News
The Sunshine Coast airport was inundated during heavy rainfall leaving more than 125 million litres of PFAS-contaminated water at the site. The Sunshine Coast Council's proposed building a pipeline to funnel the contaminated water from the airport construction site and into the nearby ocean at Marcoola. This plan has residents and chemical experts worried.
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For PFAS, hazardous designation is not a ban
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15 Oct 2019 | EWG News
Designating PFAS as “hazardous substances” is critical to cleaning up legacy contamination [and is different than a ban]. There are currently 761 substances on the CERCLA hazardous substances list. Almost 700 of them have been on the list since the law was passed in 1980. An EWG analysis found that at least 599, or 79 percent of these chemicals are likely still in active use in commerce today. What’s more, 339 of the CERCLA hazardous substances chemicals, or 44 percent, are not only in production, but likely produced at high volumes.
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Governor DeWine issues order to analyze PFAS in Ohio’s drinking water
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15 Oct 2019 | JD Supra
Ohio EPA and ODH have been directed to develop an “action plan” by December 1, 2019, with the focus of testing public and private water systems. The governor’s order specifically notes that water supplies “near known sources of PFAS, such as firefighting training sites and manufacturing facilities” are to be analyzed.
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The PFOA substitute GenX detected in the environment near a fluoropolymer manufacturing plant in the Netherlands
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14 Oct 2019 | Chemosphere
GenX and PFOA also detected in drinking water samples radiating from a manufacturing facility.
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Occurrences of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tree bark: Interspecies variability related to chain length
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14 Oct 2019 | Sci. of The Tot. Env.
Species-dependent bark accumulation of PFASs was investigated.
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[LISTEN] How dangerous are PFAS chemicals and what’s being done to clean them up?
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14 Oct 2019 | Alaska Public Media
How dangerous are PFAS to human health and what’s being done to clean them up?
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White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Body Feathers Document Spatiotemporal Trends of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in the Northern Environment
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14 Oct 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Feathers from birds of prey indicate the on-going use of PFOS around Nordic countries.
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Adsorption behaviour and mechanism of the PFOS substitute OBS (sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate) on activated carbon
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13 Oct 2019 | R Soc Open Sci.
Sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate, an alternative to PFOS, was efficiently removed using activated carbon.
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Fate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Ether Acids in the Total Oxidizable Precursor Assay and Implications for the Analysis of Impacted Water
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13 Oct 2019 | ACS Pub.
Using advanced techniques, scientists accurately determined the presence of previously undetectable PFAS and predicted the exposure of decades past.
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Electrochemical Oxidation of Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (GenX): Mechanistic Insights and Efficient Treatment Train with Nanofiltration
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13 Oct 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Nanofiltration found to be a cost-effective treatment for water contaminated with GenX and other PFAS.
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America’s dairyland may have a PFAS problem
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11 Oct 2019 | NRDC
The toxic chemicals have been showing up in milk around the country. Anna Reade, an NRDC staff scientist specializing in toxic chemicals, suggests that state agencies test sludge before it’s spread on fields and milk before it goes to market. Then officials could see where the highest PFAS concentrations are coming from.
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Dietary Habits Related to Food Packaging and Population Exposure to PFASs
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11 Oct 2019 | Envir. Health Pers.
A study found the consumption of meals from fast-food restaurants associated with higher PFAS blood levels and lower with food prepared and eaten at home.
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‘Forever chemicals’ are in your popcorn—and your blood
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10 Oct 2019 | Wired
According to a recently published peer-reviewed study, the more often people eat at home, the lower their level of PFAS chemicals. Also, people who reported eating microwave popcorn had significantly higher levels of four types of PFAS. Additionally, the study linked PFAS levels in blood to a diet high in shellfish, which can accumulate those chemicals from contaminated water.
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To reduce PFAS levels in food, cook at home
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9 Oct 2019 | Consumer Reports
A new study finds eating out and getting takeout may expose you to more toxic PFAS chemicals than eating meals prepared at home.