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Novel and legacy poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in indoor dust from urban, industrial, and e-waste dismantling areas: The emergence of PFAS alternatives in China
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6 Apr 2020 | Environ. Poll.
6:2 Cl-PFESA, 8:2 Cl-PFESA, and PFOS were found throughout all areas sampled with high composition profiles of short-chain PFAS (C4-C7) indicating an ongoing shift to short-chain alternatives in China.
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Wolverine Worldwide PFAS settlement finalized with Michigan attorney general’s office
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4 Feb 2020 | Gongwer News Service
Wolverine to pay $69.5 million to extend city water to properties with contaminated wells. The state is accepting comments on the settlement through February 13.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and brominated flame retardants in landfill-related air, soil, and groundwater from Ireland
Science
3 Feb 2020 | Sci Total Environ.
There was no discernible amount of PFAS or BFRs produced from 10 landfills.
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Alabama school system prepares to sue over 3M contamination
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26 Dec 2019 | AP News
News outlets reported that Decatur’s school system has filed notice saying it plans to sue over industrial toxins leaking from the one-time landfill beneath the former Brookhaven Middle School. Chemicals are leaking into a creek, groundwater and the Tennessee River, the system contends.
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Formation of perfluorocarboxylic acids from 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2 FTS) in landfill leachate: Role of microbial communities
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26 Dec 2019 | Environ. Poll.
Bacteria found to break long-chain PFAS down into short-chains in a matter of days.
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Ultra-Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids Including Trifluoromethane Sulfonic Acid in Water Connected to Known and Suspected Point Sources in Sweden
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4 Dec 2019 | Environ Sci Technol.
Firefighting training sites, landfills, and hazardous waste management facilities found to release ultra-short-chain PFAS into the environment and waterways.
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Treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate: status, chemistry and prospects
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31 Oct 2019 | Envir. Sci.: Water Research & Tech.
A comprehensive review of PFAS in municipal landfills due to the massive uses of PFAS in everyday consumer products
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Toxic PFAS chemicals found in artificial turf
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8 Oct 2019 | The Intercept
PFAS chemicals have been identified in synthetic turf, according to lab tests performed on several samples of the artificial grass that were shared with The Intercept. The presence of the chemicals, members of a class that has been associated with multiple health problems, including cancer, adds to growing concerns about the grass replacement that covers many thousands of acres in parks, schools, professional sports stadiums, and practice fields around the U.S.
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Chemical company execs come under fire at congressional hearing on PFAS
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18 Sep 2019 | North Carolina Health News
For the first time, executives from Chemours, DuPont and 3M were called before a U.S. House environmental oversight committee to discuss their accountability in the PFAS contamination plaguing North Carolina and the country.
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EPA awards $6M to research potential environmental impacts of PFAS waste streams
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17 Sep 2019 | WaterWorld
Research will expand the understanding of the environmental risks posed by PFAS in waste streams and identify practical approaches to manage the potential impacts as PFAS enters the environment.
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Leachate emissions of short- and long-chain per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFASs) from various Norwegian landfills
Science
19 Aug 2019 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Short-chain PFAS found to dominate in landfill leachate.
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Brominated flame retardants and perfluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate from Ireland
Science
19 Aug 2019 | Sci. of Total Env.
PFAS in leachate found to be highest in lined landfills compared to unlined.
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‘I need PFAS polluters to be held accountable’ Congress told at hearing
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25 Jul 2019 | MLive
At a recent U.S. Congressional subcommittee meeting, Sandy Wynn-Stelt, the West Michigan woman with eye-widening number of fluorochemicals in her blood, detailed her sense of loss as she realized that her husband may have died from the high levels in their drinking water due to contamination from an old dump once filled with Scotchguard from Wolverine Worldwide’s factory.
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N.H. approves unprecedented limits for PFAS chemicals in drinking water
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19 Jul 2019 | NHPR
New Hampshire adopted the country’s most sweeping limits for PFAS chemical contamination in drinking water. It makes New Hampshire the first state to require local water systems, landfills and wastewater plants to routinely test and treat for four chemicals classified as PFAS.
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N.H. approves unprecedented limits for PFAS chemicals in drinking water
Policy
19 Jul 2019
New Hampshire adopted the country’s most sweeping limits for PFAS chemical contamination in drinking water. It makes New Hampshire the first state to require local water systems, landfills and wastewater plants to routinely test and treat for four chemicals classified as PFAS.