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Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills
Science
19 Jan 2021 | Env. Poll.
PFAS are present in 60-year-old landfill at levels comparable to the present day.
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McDonalds pledges to stop using PFAS in food packaging by 2025
News
15 Jan 2021 | MLive
Burgers, fries, cookies and other menu items at the world’s largest fast food chain will no longer come with a side of “forever chemicals” after McDonalds phases out toxic PFAS from its food packaging over the next several years.
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Evaluation of extraction workflows for quantitative analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: A case study using soil adjacent to a landfill
Science
29 Dec 2020 | Sci Total Environ .
Different PFAS extraction methods were compared and quantified for accuracy.
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‘Dark Waters’ attorney: New ‘forever’ chemicals pose threat to environment, human health
News
24 Nov 2020 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mr. Bilott said. “The regulators need to address GenX as a class of chemicals because it’s impossible for the EPA to keep track of and regulate every one.”
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Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
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19 Nov 2020 | CALmatters
Californians are largely left in the dark about the safety of their drinking water: Less than 9% of roughly 14,350 public drinking water wells in the state have been tested for PFOA and PFOS. State requirements have focused on areas considered vulnerable to contamination, such as near airports and landfills.
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U.S. military responsible for widespread PFAS pollution in Japan
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9 Nov 2020 | The Intercept
A new book by Jon Mitchell exposes “countless” releases of PFAS chemicals by the U.S. military in Japan.
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From Waste Collection Vehicles to Landfills: Indication of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transformation
Science
3 Nov 2020 | ES&T L
Leachate from waste collection vehicles was tested and found to contain PFAS precursors suggesting precursor transformation to PFAAs during the course of landfill disposal.
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EU commits to overhaul of chemicals legislation
Policy
16 Oct 2020
The European commission adopted the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14 October. This ambitious programme has been touted as the biggest reform of chemical regulations since Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals).
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Gillibrand joins letter urging management of dangerous fire suppressant chemicals that contaminated Fort Drum
News
14 Oct 2020 | NNY 360
The letter details how PFAS have become a major contaminant in drinking water sources for more than 650 American military bases across the world.
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Michigan PFAS activist has cancer, says she’s not surprised
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7 Oct 2020 | The Detroit News
She has lived for more than 30 years across from a a site where Wolverine Worldwide dumped PFAS-tainted sludge.
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Understanding, Controlling, and Preventing Exposure to PFAS: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
Science
22 Sep 2020 | National Academies Press
This publication highlights the presentations and discussions regarding what various sectors can do to advance our understanding of the extent of human exposure to PFAS and to reduce or prevent PFAS exposure.
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$700 million plan unveiled to deal with ‘forever chemicals’ in east metro drinking water
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11 Sep 2020 | Star Tribune
The plan still isn’t final — it’s open for a 45-day comment period through Oct. 26 — but it’s a major milestone in the $850 million settlement Minnesota reached with 3M Co. in 2018 over the man-made chemicals.
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Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in multi-media around a landfill in China: Implications for the usage of PFASs alternatives
Science
8 Sep 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
Short-chain PFAS such as PFBS was found in rising concentrations in surface waters replacing long-chain legacy PFAS.
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The battle for Decatur: PFAS contamination divides an Alabama town
News
23 Aug 2020 | The Intercept
This is just one of a series of conflicts playing out throughout the United States. In countless communities where PFAS have been discovered, residents are now grappling with — and sometimes fighting over — how to force powerful companies to clean them up.
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Answers to Common Questions on PFAS in Drinking Water
Science
12 Aug 2020 | AWWA
An overview of the most common questions regarding PFAS, exposure, and what is currently being done to remediate it.