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Pentagon’s ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup budget falls ‘dramatically’ short
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18 May 2023 | The Guardian
The cost of cleaning up toxic PFAS “forever chemical” contamination around hundreds of US military installations is ballooning, but Congress and the Pentagon are failing to keep pace, a development that is leaving service members and civilians indefinitely at risk, a new analysis finds.
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Colorado School of Mines researchers patent new process to destroy harmful PFAS "forever chemicals"
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13 Apr 2023 | CBS Colorado
The School of Mine's process -- called Hydrothermal alkaline treatment -- uses an extremely hot boiling sand with a chemical reactant to eliminate PFAS without emissions.
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EPA Standards Miss Many Chemicals in Drinking Water, Study Says
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12 Apr 2023 | The Wall Street Journal
Authors say communities could still be at risk despite proposed limits on PFAS.
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NRDC Analysis: Peer-Reviewed Study Finds EPA Misses PFAS Chemicals Already Present in Drinking Water
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12 Apr 2023
Nearly half of the PFAS “forever chemicals” present in drinking water samples are not monitored by the U.S. EPA, according to a peer-reviewed analysis conducted by NRDC and community members in 16 states.
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Researchers Develop Method to Permanently Destroy Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Supply
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24 Mar 2023 | EcoWatch
University of British Columbia (UBC) engineers have come up with a new water treatment that safely, efficiently and permanently removes PFAS from drinking water.
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Pentagon to halt use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as cleanup costs mount
Policy
16 Mar 2023
Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing PFAS-containing firefighting foam later this year and phase it out entirely in 2024.
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Regulating ‘forever chemicals’: 3 essential reads on PFAS
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7 Mar 2023 | The Conversation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated chemicals, known by the abbreviations PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water.
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Blumenthal announces $18 million to fight PFAS contamination in Connecticut
Policy
3 Mar 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Connecticut $18 million to fight dangerous chemicals in drinking water.
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Mark Ruffalo urges Biden to accelerate action on ‘forever chemicals’
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24 Feb 2023 | The Hill
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo urged President Biden to accelerate action on ‘forever chemicals’ on Thursday, while calling out the administration’s failure to meet key regulatory deadlines.
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Mark Ruffalo urges Biden to accelerate action on ‘forever chemicals’
Policy
23 Feb 2023
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo urged President Biden to accelerate action on “forever chemicals” on Thursday, while calling out the administration’s failure to meet key regulatory deadlines.
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Dingell urges rejection of Wolverine Worldwide tannery PFAS cleanup plan
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17 Feb 2023 | MLive
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell is urging the state of Michigan to reject footwear giant Wolverine Worldwide’s plan to clean up PFAS pollution under its former Rockford tannery.
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Citing poor PFAS cleanup effort, EGLE calls on DNR to reject Camp Grayling expansion
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5 Jan 2023 | WoodTV
A new letter clarifies why Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is urging the state’s Department of Natural Resources to reject a National Guard proposal to expand Camp Grayling.
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Scientists Destroyed 95% of Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Just 45 Minutes, Study Reports
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3 Jan 2023 | Vice
Using hydrogen and UV light, scientists reported destroying 95% of two kinds of toxic PFAS chemicals in tap water in under an hour.
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‘Forever chemicals’ may pose a bigger risk to our health than scientists thought
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5 Dec 2022 | ScienceNews
Growing evidence of PFAS’ danger prompts new guidance for safe drinking water and health care.
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Hydrogen-polarized vacuum ultraviolet photolysis system for enhanced destruction of perfluoroalkyl substances
Science
1 Dec 2022 | JHM Letters
Hydrogen and UV light treatments were found to destroy PFOS and PFOA up to 95% in tap water in 45 minutes in laboratory conditions.