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Who’s to blame for PFAS in our drinking water? Here’s what hundreds of cities say
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14 Aug 2024 | USA Today
A USA TODAY analysis of new EPA data shows local officials most frequently blame airports; utilities, such as sewage treatment plants; and military bases as likely sources of toxic "forever chemicals" in their drinking water.
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Court dismisses case challenging PFAS health advisory
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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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Appellate Court Allows Challenge Against Permit Allowing Discharge of PFAS into Cayuga Lake
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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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Wilmington resolution supports state legislation holding GenX and PFAS manufacturers financially accountable
Policy
18 Jul 2024
Mayor Bill Saffo introduced a resolution at the Wilmington City Council meeting last night that supports legislation that would force chemical manufacturers to finance clean water efforts, which is currently waiting in committee in the NC House.
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‘Forever chemical’ polluters land hefty contracts to meet electric vehicle battery demand
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10 Jul 2024 | The Examination
Companies making battery chemicals stand accused of misleading regulators, hiding information and contaminating communities while making similar, related products.
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PFAS ‘forever’ chemical laws need an overhaul – recent court rulings highlight the loopholes
Policy
25 Jun 2024
According to the “polluter pays principle”, polluters should pay for the pollution they cause, including the cost of measures taken to prevent, control and remedy any pollution.
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White House launches review of PFAS wastewater proposal
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24 Jun 2024 | E&E News
The proposed rule would be the first to target “forever chemical” discharges from chemical and plastic plants.
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Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk
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17 Jun 2024 | The Guardian
The campaigning magazine examined 27 companies that make outdoor clothing such as fleeces, waterproof jackets, walking boots and rucksacks, and found 82% were still using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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Next-generation PFAS-Free solvent cleaners from EnviroTech Europe - Innovation driven by legislation
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17 Jun 2024 | The Engineer
Envirotech Europe supplies a next generation vapour degreasing solvent formulation called ProSolv®5408e, with zero Ozone Depletion Potential and a Global Warming Potential of less than 1, making it safe for operators and kind on the environment.
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North Yorkshire town has UK’s highest concentration of ‘forever chemicals’
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28 May 2024 | The Guardian
The market town of Bentham, which is home to 3,000 people and set on the banks of the River Wenning, is also home to the Angus International Safety Group – locally known as Angus Fire – which, since the 1970s, has been producing firefighting foams containing PFAS at a factory near the town centre.
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
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20 May 2024 | ProPublica
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
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Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts
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6 May 2024 | The Guardian
Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child development.
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Lawyers in PFAS water pollution settlements win $956 mln fee award
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25 Apr 2024 | Reuters
A U.S. judge on Tuesday awarded over $956 million in legal fees to plaintiffs’ lawyers who secured two settlements worth more than $11 billion with major manufacturers of toxic “forever chemicals” on behalf of public water systems.
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[Opinion] We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way
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21 Apr 2024 | The New York Times
“We should not have to risk repeated exposure to these substances, with the most powerful bonds in organic chemistry, caused by the willful negligence of industry each time we place our faith in a glass of water.”
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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health
Policy
19 Apr 2024
EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities.