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Destroying ‘Forever Chemicals’ is a Technological Race that Could Become a Multibillion-dollar Industry
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6 Feb 2023 | Inside Climate News
How do you destroy pollution so stubborn, it’s nicknamed ‘forever chemicals’? That’s a question researchers and companies across the country are eager to answer, as regulation tightens on PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and the chemicals’ producers face a mountain of lawsuits.
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Cleaning up ‘forever chemicals’ is costly and messy — just ask this Wisconsin town
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2 Feb 2023 | Grist
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, employees spoke at length about new data from water testing, but, without clear guidance from both the state and the federal government, and the mounting costs of providing alternative drinking water, officials’ hands are tied.
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Pittsboro sues 20 companies, including 3M, Chemours, DuPont over PFAS contamination in town drinking water
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27 Jan 2023 | The Pulse
The Town of Pittsboro has sued more than 20 companies, including Chemours, DuPont and 3M, BASF and several other manufacturers of PFAS, for allegedly polluting its water supply with the toxic compounds.
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Levels and distribution profiles of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core
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27 Jan 2023 | Sci Total Environ
Analysis of C2-C11 PFCAs in an arctic ice core found that TFA represented 71 % of the total mass of PFCAs and exhibited an increasing atmospheric deposition trend over time.
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Toxins found in fish in Lake Erie, highest in the country
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25 Jan 2023 | WKBW
According to a recent study by the Environmental Working Group, fish found in Lake Erie have 11 parts per trillion of a toxin called PFAS, the levels are one of the highest in the country.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances exposure in firefighters: Sources and implications
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27 Dec 2022 | Environ Res
This article summarizes the history of AFFF use by firefighters and describes PFAS exposure and removal pathways, PFAS accumulation in blood serum of firefighters, and occupational factors affecting PFAS levels in firefighters, all of which may influence how firefighters have elevated risks of developing thyroid, kidney, testicular, and prostate cancer.
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Occurrence and removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in leachates from incineration plants: A full-scale study
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2 Dec 2022 | Chemosphere
Using biological treatment and membrane filtration effectively moved over 95% of PFAS from the leachates from incineration plants, with physical entrapment, not biodegradation, as the main means of PFAS reduction.
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Legacy and emerging airborne per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) collected on PM2.5 filters in close proximity to a fluoropolymer manufacturing facility
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9 Nov 2022 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Twelve emerging and ten legacy PFAS compounds were detected in aerosol samples around a fluoropolymer manufacturing facility at concentrations higher than at regional background sites, suggesting the manufacturing facility as the local source for these compounds.
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[Blog] Quibble with Kibbles: ‘Forever chemicals’ in pet food packaging add to perils at home
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3 Nov 2022 | EWG
The toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS create health hazards at home, since they’re used in everyday items like cookware and cosmetics – and new EWG research finds some popular pet food packaging can be yet another way we’re exposed to the perils of PFAS.
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Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources
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12 Oct 2022 | ES&T
A contamination model was used to create a map of presumptive PFAS contamination sites in the United States, identifying more than 57,000 sites including industrial facilities, wastewater treatment plants, current or former military sites, and airports.
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Use and release of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in consumer food packaging in US and Canada
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11 Oct 2022 | Chemosphere
Most food packaging does not contain intentionally added PFAS, indicating that PFAS are not necessary for food packaging, yet the thousands of tonnes of PFAS still used have the potential to contaminate the environment and waste streams.
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Eurofins Sacramento, in Collaboration with SCIEX USA, Achieves the Lowest Detection Limits for PFAS in Drinking Water
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27 Sep 2022 | Business Wire
Eurofins Sacramento, part of the Eurofins network of companies in the US, in collaboration with SCIEX USA, successfully achieved the analytical challenge of detecting the 2022 interim Health Advisory Levels of 4ppq for PFOA and 20ppq for PFOS, as established by the US EPA.
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‘Allow us the right to know what the risks are’: Nonprofits continue legal battle against EPA to test PFAS for health effects
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6 Sep 2022 | Port City Daily
Local and national nonprofits continue to fight for the Cape Fear region impacted by contaminated drinking water.
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Raman imaging for the identification of Teflon microplastics and nanoplastics released from non-stick cookware
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27 Aug 2022 | Sci. Total Environ.
Scratched non-stick cookware coatings may lead to release of millions of microplastic and nanoplastic particles that may contain Teflon.
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EPA and Government of Flanders, Belgium Pledge to Share Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Information on PFAS and other Fluorocarbon Chemicals
Policy
24 Aug 2022
This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance signed a Statement of Intent with representatives from the Government of Flanders, Belgium pledging to share publicly available information on enforcement and compliance assurance issues related to PFAS and other fluorocarbon chemicals.