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North Carolina: Soil samples to be taken as part of GenX agreement
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20 Jul 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
Chemours, the company that makes GenX has agreed to take soil samples. The company is also to pay a $12 million penalty and $1 million in investigative costs to the state, submit monthly reports about its GenX emissions, and provide drinking water to homes near the plant that have elevated levels of GenX.
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Angry with PFAS delays, Oscoda residents give the state an earful
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17 Jul 2019 | MLive
People in Oscoda, MI are fed up. One by one, they filed to the microphone Tuesday night and gave a panel of state health and environmental specialists an earful. The U.S. Air Force — the polluter, which contaminated the area by using chemical-based firefighting foam at Wurtsmith Air Force Base — was absent from the meeting.
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Occurrence and Distribution of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants in Groundwater
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22 Jun 2019 | Water Environ. Res.
A comprehensive review of studies published in 2018, dealing with groundwater and pollution.
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A trail of toxicity: the US military bases making people sick
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23 May 2019 | The Guardian
The Department of Defense started using PFAS-laden firefighting foam in the 70s. A groundwater well at Peterson air force base had 88,000 ppt. At other bases around the country, PFAS levels in the millions have been detected.
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Reconnaissance of Mixed Organic and Inorganic Chemicals in Private and Public Supply Tapwaters at Selected Residential and Workplace Sites in the United States
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21 Nov 2018 | Env. Sci. & Tech.
USGS scientists tested 25 tap water sources from across the U.S. detecting PFAS in 84%, although some at low levels.
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[Presentation] A Further Examination Of A Subset Of UCMR 3 PFAS Data Demonstrates Wider Occurrence
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8 Dec 2017
A presentation from Andy Eaton.
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Reconstructing the Composition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Contemporary Aqueous Film-Forming Foams
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1 Mar 1921 | Environ Sci Technol Lett
A combination of methods can accurately assign the total PFAS mass attributable to AFFF in an aqueous sample with differentiation of gross precursor classes and identification of major precursor species.