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Rep. Blais files bill for private well standards
Policy
23 Jan 2025
New legislation filed by state Rep. Natalie Blais seeks the development of minimum statewide quality standards for private wells, as well as the expansion of a financial assistance program for residents trying to remediate wells contaminated by so-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS.
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Trump's halting of EPA limits on PFAS in drinking water "a tragic setback," Long Island environmentalist says
News
23 Jan 2025 | CBS News
President Donald Trump has withdrawn a Biden administration plan to set new limits on chemical discharge into drinking water.
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Microcontaminants and microplastics in water from the textile sector: a review and a database of physicochemical properties, use in the textile process, and ecotoxicity data for detected chemicals
Science
17 Jan 2025 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
PFAS were a large proportion of more than 500 contaminants found in wastewater treatment plants processing textile factory waste, raising concern for their ecotoxicity as the treatment plants do not effectively remove many chemicals.
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[Press Release] Attorney General Bonta Co-leads Amicus Brief Defending Nationwide PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Drinking Water Standards
Policy
17 Jan 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 17 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. EPA rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Exposures to PFAS and Other Unregulated Industrial Drinking Water Contaminants in US Public Water Systems
Science
15 Jan 2025 | Environ Health Perspect
Socioeconomic and racial disparities are linked to higher exposures to unregulated industrial contaminants, such as PFAS and 1,4-dioxane, in U.S. public water systems, with more than 97 million US residents being exposed to at least one of four unregulated contaminants.
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How PFAS 'forever chemicals' are removed from contaminated drinking water at treatment plants
News
14 Jan 2025 | ABC News
There is currently a NSW inquiry into PFAS contamination in waterways and drinking water; and a national inquiry investigating the sources, potential health and environmental impacts, and the role of regulation.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds
News
13 Jan 2025 | The New York Times
But wastewater, even after treatment, contains high levels of harmful “forever chemicals” that are already contaminating the drinking water of millions of Americans, researchers said in a study published on Monday that analyzed wastewater samples nationwide.
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High organofluorine concentrations in municipal wastewater affect downstream drinking water supplies for millions of Americans
Science
6 Jan 2025 | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Municipal wastewater treatment plants were found to discharge high concentrations of organofluorine compounds, including fluorinated pharmaceuticals and PFAS, with limited removal efficiency (<25%), significantly contaminating downstream drinking water supplies for up to 23 million Americans.
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Characterization of PFAS Residuals: A Case Study on PFAS Content in a Firefighting Foam Delivery System of an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Vehicle
Science
24 Dec 2024 | Chemosphere
Residual PFAS contamination in firefighting foam systems, even after rinsing, highlights the need for targeted replacement of critical components as brass and rubber parts retain the highest contamination levels.
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Virginia DEQ Begins Identifying Potential Sources of PFAS in Public Drinking Water
News
19 Dec 2024 | The National Law Review
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has begun issuing notifications to facilities in the Commonwealth that it has identified as potential sources of PFAS detected in public drinking water systems.
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EPA has known about presence and danger of PFAS in drinking water for almost two decades, documents show
News
18 Dec 2024 | Prism
Though the Environmental Protection Agency finally passed regulations on “forever chemicals” in April, a Prism analysis found high concentrations in New Jersey water supplies going back years.
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Late lessons from early warnings on PFAS
Science
17 Dec 2024 | Nature Water
Recent PFAS regulations in the U.S. and Europe highlight the need for significant investment by water providers, innovation to avoid harmful replacements, and reforms to regulatory approaches that have historically focused on case-by-case assessments anddelayed action despite early warnings of PFAS persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity.
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Occurrence, Transport, and Full-Scale Adsorptive Removal of PFAS in Electroplating Parks in China
Science
11 Dec 2024 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Granular activated carbon and hydrophobic anion exchange resin were found to effectively remove up to 98.2% of PFAS from electroplating wastewater in China, reducing annual PFAS discharge by 5030–8000 kg. Anion exchange resin showed higher efficiency but lower selectivity for certain PFAS.
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EPA PFAS monitoring and testing concludes
News
2 Dec 2024 | City of Austin
Today, Austin Water released results from a year’s worth of water quality testing as part of a nationwide effort by the EPA to determine the presence of PFAS in public drinking water.
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Impact of local food consumption on exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate in a contaminated community in North-Eastern Italy
Science
30 Nov 2024 | Epidemiol Prev
Consuming locally-grown foods in PFAS-contaminated areas can significantly increase exposure to PFOA and PFOS, leading to prolonged elevated blood levels, with affected individuals taking about three more years to reduce their concentrations to levels below a clinically significant threshold level.