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• Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Firefighters from Hazardous PFAS Chemicals

  Policy

  1 Aug 2019

  U.S. Senators GaryPeters (D-MI), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and emergency responders who are frequently exposed to harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams as they work to keep communities safe.

• California may be first to force water suppliers to notify customers of myriad toxic ‘forever chemicals’

  News

  31 Jul 2019 | Palm Springs Desert Sun

  While New Hampshire and New Jersey require water districts to limit two PFAS chemicals and notify customers, California's law would mandate that consumers receive information about 5,000 of them, if they're detected.

• Guam AG joins 21 others in asking Congress to pass legislation to address toxic chemicals

  News

  31 Jul 2019 | Pacific Daily News

  The joint letter to Congress — signed by a coalition of 22 attorneys general and led by New York Attorney General Letitia James — strongly urges the Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to aid states and territories to address PFAS contamination.

• Issues of the Environment: Water is not only source of PFAS, many foods also harbor chemicals

  News

  31 Jul 2019 | WEMU

  David Fair, ‘Issues of the Environment,’ WEMU, discusses with Dr. John Meeker, professor of environmental health sciences at the U-M’s School of Public Health, the recent study, which determined that certain foods contain PFAS.

• Professor Phil Brown talks PFAS on Morning Edition

  News

  31 Jul 2019 | WBUR’s Morning Edition

  Northeastern University professor of health sciences interviewed about the dangers of PFAS.

• Attorneys general urge Congress to act on ‘forever chemicals’

  News

  30 Jul 2019 | Boston Globe

  A coalition of 22 State Attorneys General urges the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to help state and local governments curb the costs of cleaning up drinking water supplies contaminated by PFAS.

• Vertical distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances in water columns around the Japan sea and the Mediterranean Sea

  Science

  30 Jul 2019 | Chemosphere

  A significant increase in PFAS levels was found in the semi-closed ocean waters from 2005 to 2010.

• Michigan is tiptoeing around PFAS in dairy agriculture

  News

  30 Jul 2019 | MLive

  Michigan punted on testing an Allegan County dairy farm because it worried about killing the farmer’s business.

• Distribution, sources and human risk of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in a receiving riverine environment of the Nanjing urban area, East China

  Science

  29 Jul 2019 | Journal of Hazardous Materials

  PFAS were detected in both water and sediments, with greater occurrence in the dry season.

• Nanofiltration of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid as a function of water matrix properties

  Science

  29 Jul 2019 | Water Supply

  PFOA and PFOS were removed from water supplies using organic mater and charged particles.

• Effectiveness of point-of-use/point-of-entry systems to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from drinking water

  Science

  29 Jul 2019 | AWWA Water Sci.

  Commercially available PFAS filters tested in homes for efficiency and ease of use in areas contaminated by PFAS-containing firefighting foams.

• Is the burst of the AFFF bubble a precursor to long term environmental liabilities?

  Policy

  29 Jul 2019

  A comprehensive analysis of why airports should make a switch to fluorine free foam. It provides an encouragingly long list of airports throughout the world, which have already made this switch.

• Environmental chemical exposures among Greenlandic children in relation to diet and residence

  Science

  29 Jul 2019 | Int J Circumpolar Health

  Consumption of marine predators was associated with elevated levels of PFAS in 367 children.

• Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Great Lakes Precipitation and Surface Water (2006-2018) Indicate Response to Phase-outs, Regulatory Action, and Variability in Fate and Transport Processes

  Science

  29 Jul 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.

  PFAS levels in the North Ameican Great Lakes significantly influenced by national regulations between the U.S. and Canada.

• Concentration and distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Asan Lake area of South Korea

  Science

  29 Jul 2019 | J. Hazard. Mater.

  PFAS bioaccumulated in fish meant for human consumption in a landlocked lake.