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Water activists 'concerned' but will keep fighting 'forever chemicals' as Trump returns
Policy
8 Nov 2024
On April 10, Spaniola stood among a handful of fellow activists in an ornate White House office, jubilantly glued to a television screen showing officials from the Environmental Protection Agency announcing the first-ever limits on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water.
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US Drinking Water Could Change Dramatically Under Donald Trump
News
6 Nov 2024 | Newsweek
Drinking water in America could change under Donald Trump, after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised him to remove fluoride from public water and amid questions over what Trump will do in regard to PFAS restrictions.
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3M video depositions shed light on PFAS litigation, company’s research
News
4 Nov 2024 | Fox 9
Hundreds of recorded depositions obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators show 3M executives and scientists were aware of potential environmental and health risks associated with PFAS chemicals decades before the company began phasing out the manufacturing of some chemicals.
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Military adopts ‘action level’ policy for PFAS cleanup that’s 3 times federal EPA standard
Policy
1 Nov 2024
The Defense Department's new policy allows the Navy to further delay action to remedy drinking water contamination by plume migrating off Calverton site.
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The Global Threat from the Irreversible Accumulation of Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA)
Science
30 Oct 2024 | Environ Sci Technol
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is a highly persistent and widespread pollutant found in various environmental media; its increasing concentrations—driven by both direct emissions and transformation from other PFAS—pose potential irreversible risks to ecosystems and human health, highlighting the need for urgent global action to reduce emissions.
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Health groups accuse state of downplaying nation's largest spill of toxic chemicals: 'Increases the distrust that people have when it comes to government'
News
19 Oct 2024 | Yahoo!News
At Brunswick Naval Air Station near the coast of Maine, a fire suppression system malfunctioned, spilling about 51,000 gallons of PFAS-containing foam into surface water and causing massive levels of contamination.
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EPA Proposes to Add 16 PFAS and 15 PFAS Categories to the TRI List of Chemicals
Policy
18 Oct 2024
The U.S. EPA proposed on October 8, 2024, to add 16 individual PFAS and 15 PFAS categories representing more than 100 individual PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.
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Utah advocates want restrictions on pesticides bringing ‘forever chemicals’ into the state
News
18 Oct 2024 | Idaho Capital Sun
Federal guidelines to test, treat water systems for PFAS may not be enough to protect residents, especially women, children and pregnant mothers from exposure, some doctors say.
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EPA assessment of Seacoast Superfund site finds ‘unacceptable added risk’ from PFAS
News
18 Oct 2024 | New Hampshire Bulletin
Some surface waters and associated wetlands near a Seacoast Superfund site have an “unacceptable added risk” from accidental ingestion, according to a new risk assessment from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Cost of dealing with PFAS problem sites ‘frightening’, says Environment Agency
News
15 Oct 2024 | The Guardian
EA warns it lacks budget to tackle England’s rising number of potential ‘forever chemicals’ locations.
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Northeastern engineering students named inventors on groundbreaking patent that removes PFAS from water
News
9 Oct 2024 | Northeastern Global News
The trio say the process can bring concentrations of PFAS in water bodies below the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s detection limit of 0.82 parts per trillion.
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EPA’s drinking water limits for PFAS are under threat – and that’s nothing new
Policy
2 Oct 2024
Though utilities’ mission is to provide clean water, their trade groups for decades have often fiercely opposed initiatives to improve quality.
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U.S. EPA and Tucson airport sign agreement to protect major drinking water source
News
30 Sep 2024 | Water World
The U.S. EPA and the Tucson Airport Authority enter into an agreement to protect the Tucson aquifer.
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EPA Seeks Data on PFAS-Generating Plastics Process to Shape Rule
Policy
27 Sep 2024
The EPA is asking companies and the public for information about a plastic-strengthening process that can create PFAS, so the agency can decide whether and how to regulate the production of such plastics.
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EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Student Teams to Develop Environmental Technologies
News
20 Sep 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $498,801 in research funding to five college teams to further develop their innovative technologies to help address urgent environmental and public health challenges.