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PFAS CERCLA Expansion Now On Hold
Policy
26 Jul 2024
EPA originally set a deadline of April 2025 to finalize the rule to add seven additional PFAS to CERCLA; however, EPA’s July 2024 Unified Agenda now indicates that the deadline to finalize the rule for the additional seven PFAS is “to be determined.”
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New rules on GenX, other forever chemical water pollution again delayed by NC commission
News
26 Jul 2024 | StarNews Online
State regulators want to start adopting new standards for forever chemicals in the environment, but the NC business community is worried about the potential cost.
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EPA’s Exclamation that PFAS Are Unsafe in Minute Concentrations Is Turning Out To Have Serious Ramifications for Many, Including EPA
News
26 Jul 2024 | The National Law Review
The lawsuit Maine farmers joined this week is conclusive evidence of the insufficiency of that EPA guidance. Legislation exempting “passive receivers” of PFAS like water utilities from liability under Federal environmental law would be more effective but whether, and when, Congress and the President might agree on such legislation is anything but certain, even if it were a good idea.
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Amid a battle over turf plans for FDR Park, experts say claims of PFAS-free fake grass are misleading
News
25 Jul 2024 | David Gambacorta and Barbara Laker
The Inquirer asked the three turf companies the city might hire for samples of their product so we could test it. None would reply.
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Court dismisses case challenging PFAS health advisory
News
25 Jul 2024 | CoastalReview.org
The U.S. Court of Appeals this week dismissed a chemical company’s claim that the health advisory the Environmental Protection Agency issued in June 2022 for certain man-made chemicals found in drinking water was “unlawful and should be vacated.”
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Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over PFAS in Plastic Containers
News
25 Jul 2024 | Bloomberg Law
The suit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Toxic Substances Control Act by failing to take action within 180 days of receiving information that suggests a significant risk of harm from PFAS.
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PFAS widely added to US pesticides despite EPA denial, study finds
News
25 Jul 2024 | The Guardian
Research shows ‘forever chemicals’ increasingly found in products as the agency claims the chemicals aren’t being used.
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Determination of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in indoor and outdoor air
Science
25 Jul 2024 | ACS ES&T Air
High levels of fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) and other legacy & emerging PFAS were found in indoor and outdoor air, with significant temporal variations and distinct gas/particle partitioning, highlighting the need for better understanding and regulation of airborne PFAS.
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Prenatal Exposure of PFAS in Cohorts of Pregnant Women: Identifying the Critical Windows of Vulnerability and Health Implications
Science
25 Jul 2024 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
From 2018 to 2020, a prenatal PFAS exposure study in pregnant women and their newborns showed a decline in older PFAS but an increase in emerging PFAS and highlighted the third trimester as a critical window affecting birth weight and length.
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in pesticides used on food, in homes and on pets, study finds
News
24 Jul 2024 | CNN
However, a new study takes a closer look at yet another, little-studied avenue of possible exposure — the existence of PFAS in pesticides used in both agricultural and residential pest control, including pet flea treatments.
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Appellate Court Allows Challenge Against Permit Allowing Discharge of PFAS into Cayuga Lake
News
24 Jul 2024 | Ithaca.com
This permit, issued to the solid waste facility County Line, would permit liquid waste discharge containing dangerous "forever chemicals" known as PFAS into Cayuga Lake.
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Don’t let children play in sea foam because of PFAS
News
24 Jul 2024 | Dutch News
Government officials have sharpened their warnings about not letting children play in sea foam while at the beach because it could contain high concentrations of toxic PFAS, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday.
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Forever Pesticides: A Growing Source of PFAS Contamination in the Environment.
Science
24 Jul 2024 | Environ Health Perspect
Analysis of PFAS in pesticide products found that the biggest contributor to PFAS in pesticides was active ingredients and their degradation products, as well as PFAS leaching from fluorinated containers into pesticides.
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Interaction and coexistence characteristics of dissolved organic matter and toxic metals with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate
Science
24 Jul 2024 | Environ Res
Landfill leachate containing PFAS poses significant environmental risks, with high concentrations of short-chain PFAS like PFBA and PFBS strongly interacting with dissolved organic matter and toxic metals, particularly manganese, highlighting the need for better management strategies.
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[Perspective] The Far Reach of PFAS-Inert Ingredients and Adjuvants in Pesticide Formulations
Science
24 Jul 2024 | Environ Health Perspect
New attention to PFAS presence in pesticide formulations represents an opportunity for the EPA to improve the scientific validity of pesticide risk assessment, especially considering chemical mixtures.