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Murky waters: North Carolina residents unaware of possible water contamination
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3 Aug 2019 | N.C. Health News
“Nobody has ever made the motion, nobody has ever pled for public disclosure and the emphasis has always been on the fact that we meet state regulations” Perry, the town’s mayor.
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New Senate bill limits firefighter exposure to PFAS
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2 Aug 2019 | MLive
The Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act of 2019 would direct FEMA to develop educational resources to help protect firefighters, emergency response personnel, and the communities they serve from PFAS exposure.
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Next President must address water crisis
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1 Aug 2019 | The Detroit News
While they are in our state, the presidential candidates will be surrounded by the Great Lakes. But despite being surrounded by the world’s largest freshwater supply in the world, the sad irony is that right now in Michigan, many families don’t have access to clean drinking water in their homes.
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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.
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California may be first to force water suppliers to notify customers of myriad toxic ‘forever chemicals’
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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.
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Guam AG joins 21 others in asking Congress to pass legislation to address toxic chemicals
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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.
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Professor Phil Brown talks PFAS on Morning Edition
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31 Jul 2019 | WBUR’s Morning Edition
Northeastern University professor of health sciences interviewed about the dangers of PFAS.
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Issues of the Environment: Water is not only source of PFAS, many foods also harbor chemicals
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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.
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Attorneys general urge Congress to act on ‘forever chemicals’
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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.
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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.
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Michigan is tiptoeing around PFAS in dairy agriculture
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30 Jul 2019 | MLive
Michigan punted on testing an Allegan County dairy farm because it worried about killing the farmer’s business.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.