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[Blog] A look back on 2022: states led the way on protecting public health from toxic chemicals
News
16 Dec 2022 | Safer States
By the end of 2022, bipartisan majorities in 14 states adopted at least 33 policies that are transforming our economic system to be one that better protects communities and creates incentives for industry to develop safer chemicals.
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Toxic: 3M knew its chemicals were harmful decades ago, but didn’t tell the public, government
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16 Dec 2022 | Minnesota Reformer
Internal documents show the Minnesota company hid the dangers for decades.
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A 'complete and utter shock': Wells in an Oneida County town have 'forever chemicals' 160 times over state standards
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16 Dec 2022 | Laura Schulte
Private wells in a northern Wisconsin town near Rhinelander have tested positive for "forever chemicals" at levels so high the water in them can no longer be safely consumed by residents.
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Potential harms of Biden’s microchip boom
Policy
15 Dec 2022
With proper safeguards, the CHIPS and Science Act could add jobs and opportunities to communities around the country, as well as make the world a healthier place.
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[Opinion] Potential harms of Biden’s microchip boom
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15 Dec 2022 | The Hill
With proper safeguards, the CHIPS and Science Act could add jobs and opportunities to communities around the country, as well as make the world a healthier place.
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WA warns against eating some Lake Washington fish, citing chemicals
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15 Dec 2022 | The Seattle Times
The state Department of Health is warning residents not to eat some fish in Lake Washington and two other King County lakes because they contain a chemical found in firefighting foam and other products.
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[Perspective] Tribal Water Issues Exemplified by the Navajo Nation
Science
14 Dec 2022 | EHP
Mining-related contamination is one of the better-known problems in Navajo water, but other drinking water contaminants, such as PFAS, are understudied on Tribal lands and any regulations should consider Navajo principles and sovereignty.
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Federal PFAS Testing and Tribal Public Water Systems
Science
14 Dec 2022 | EHP
Assessing and managing environmental health risks must incorporate culturally significant practices and traditional ecological knowledge, as well as Tribally defined boundaries and traditional hunting and fishing areas in addition to adequate testing.
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Emerging Contaminants and New POPs (PFAS and HBCDD) in Endangered Southern Resident and Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales (Orcinus orca): In Utero Maternal Transfer and Pollution Management Implications
Science
13 Dec 2022 | ACS
7:3-fluorotelomer carboxylic acid was the primary PFAS detected in killer whales' skeletal muscle and liver samples in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, followed by PFOS, PFOA, and PFHxS.
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[Blog] WHO’s PFAS Guidance May Increase Global Health Inequities
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12 Dec 2022 | NRDC
This fall, the WHO released, for the first time, draft guidance for developing drinking water protections from two global pollutants that are toxic at very low levels yet are found in rain, snow, and water all over the world: PFOA and PFOS.
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[Press Relsease] More than 600,000 service members given ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
News
12 Dec 2022
More than 600,000 service members at 116 military installations were annually served water with potentially unsafe levels of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to an EWG analysis.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure in melanoma patients: a retrospective study on prognosis and histological features
Science
9 Dec 2022 | Environ Health
PFAS exposure based on geographical areas affected by PFAS contamination was associated with higher levels of cell replication in melanoma patients.
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DuPont loses challenge over cancer victim’s $40m verdict in PFAS case
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7 Dec 2022 | Reuters
A federal appeals court has upheld a $40 million verdict for a cancer survivor who sued E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co after years of exposure to a toxic chemical that it manufactured.
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Human serum poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance concentrations and their associations with gestational diabetes mellitus
Science
6 Dec 2022 | Environ Pollut
Higher serum PFAS concentrations were associated with gestational diabetes incidence in pregnant women, especially for PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS, and 6:2 Cl-PFESA.
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[Press Release] Dingell Leads U.S. and Japanese Progressive Caucus Members in Advocating for PFAS Protections in NDAA
Policy
5 Dec 2022
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), sent a letter with United States and Japanese Progressive Caucus members calling for any final NDAA legislation to include robust protections from the use of PFAS on U.S. military bases in the United States and abroad.