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EPA devotes $25M in grants for Wisconsin to address PFAS in small communities
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17 Feb 2023 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Small and disadvantaged communities in Wisconsin may soon access around $25 million in federal grants to address PFAS contamination in drinking water.
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Dingell urges rejection of Wolverine Worldwide tannery PFAS cleanup plan
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17 Feb 2023 | MLive
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell is urging the state of Michigan to reject footwear giant Wolverine Worldwide’s plan to clean up PFAS pollution under its former Rockford tannery.
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Tracing the path of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ inside the body
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17 Feb 2023 | WBUR
Stacks of boxes line the front hall of Wendy Thomas’ house in Merrimack, New Hampshire, not far from the Massachusetts border. Inside each box are jugs of water that she relies on daily.
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Target and Nontarget Screening of PFAS in Drinking Water for a Large-Scale Survey of Urban and Rural Communities in Québec, Canada
Science
16 Feb 2023 | Water Res
99.3% of 463 tap water samples from Québec, Canada, had detectable levels of PFAS, including compounds not currently included in US EPA methods for drinking water testing.
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US military accused of obstruction over cancer linked to ‘forever chemicals’
Policy
15 Feb 2023
Families fight for benefits after victims allegedly developed cancer from drinking water tainted by toxic PFAS at New Hampshire base.
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Comprehensive target analysis and TOP assay of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wild boar livers indicate contamination hot-spots in the environment
Science
13 Feb 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Wild boar livers were found to be suitable bioindicators for PFAS in the environment.
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Alarming levels of PFAS in Norwegian Arctic ice pose new risk to wildlife
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11 Feb 2023 | The Guardian
Norwegian Arctic ice is contaminated with alarming levels of toxic PFAS, and the chemicals may represent a major environmental stressor to the region’s wildlife, new research finds.
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With federal agencies still falling behind on PFAS deadlines, activists seek lawmakers’ help
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10 Feb 2023 | Waste Dive
The Environmental Working Group and Safer States say the U.S. EPA is moving too slowly on setting PFAS standards.
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Gore accused of contaminating communities with PFAS. A lawsuit says the company has known of the dangers since the 1990s
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10 Feb 2023 | WHYY
Gore, best known for Gore-Tex fabric, is the latest company to be sued for allegedly polluting communities with the toxic class of chemicals PFAS.
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Occurrence of Quantifiable and Semi-Quantifiable Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in United States Wastewater Treatment Plant
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10 Feb 2023 | Water Research
Quantifiable & semi-quantifiable PFAS were found in the influent, effluent, and biosolids at every facility sampled, with most PFAS discharging via aqueous effluent.
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Navigating the Wild West of PFAS Labeling on Clothing
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10 Feb 2023 | NN Bloomberg
There’s a chance that some of the clothes hanging in your closet were made using toxic chemicals.
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EU proposal would ban 10,000 PFAS
Policy
7 Feb 2023
Restrictions aim to reduce emissions to the environment and make products safer for people.
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic data on vaccine response in relation to exposure to five principal perfluoroalkyl substances
Science
7 Feb 2023 | Environ Int
Serum PFAS concentrations may reduce antibody response after vaccination, especially for diphtheria, rubella, and tetanus.
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The Power of Citizen Science
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6 Feb 2023 | Consumer Reports
You’ve heard of Erin Brockovich, the law clerk without a science degree who exposed the existence of a dangerous contaminant polluting a town’s groundwater, a toxic hazard that otherwise might have stayed invisible.
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Transport and transformation of perfluoroalkyl acids, isomer profiles, novel alternatives and unknown precursors from factories to dinner plates in China: New insights into crop bioaccumulation prediction and risk assessment
Science
4 Feb 2023 | Environ Int
Extremely high PFAS levels were measured in agricultural fields and vegetables near fluorochemical manufacturing facilities, and some precursor degradation and volatilization loss of PFAS was found during vegetable cooking.