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Firefighters denied coverage by veterans affairs after exposure to PFAS firefighting foam
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5 Jun 2021 | The Intercept
The VA and insurers have rejected claims from firefighters despite evidence linking PFAS foam and disease.
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Avoid surface water foam while recreating outdoors, health officials warn
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28 May 2021 | MLive
The “avoid foam” warnings in Michigan have been posted in communities with known PFAS contamination, such as near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Lake Margrethe near Camp Grayling, the Rogue River near the former Wolverine World Wide tannery in Rockford, the Thornapple River downstream of Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, and the Huron River from Oakland County to Lake Erie.
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PFAS blood tests in Newburgh show high levels of five chemicals
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28 May 2021 | Times Herald-Record
Participants were randomly selected from households that until 2016 received drinking water suspected to have been contaminated with firefighting foam used at the New York Stewart Air National Guard base.
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California expands review of PFOS, PFOA to include cancer risk
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17 May 2021 | JD Supra
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is expanding its review of potential substances to add to its Proposition 65 list of chemicals that cause cancer. This includes PFOA, PFOS with PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA next.
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Dayton customers now have access to how much ‘forever chemicals’ are in their drinking water
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16 May 2021 | Dayton Daily News
Whenever the City of Dayton reports PFAS levels to the Ohio EPA, the results automatically upload to the water department’s website.
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3M pays $80,000 over handling of hazardous waste in Cottage Grove
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12 May 2021 | Star Tribune
Violations include 3M waiting two days to notify state regulators when 3M workers found hydrofluoric acid gas leaking from four corroded 55-gallon hazardous waste containers, and not activating its emergency plan when it happened.
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Committee unanimously endorses bill requiring disclosure of ‘forever chemicals’ in products
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12 May 2021 | Press Herald
It would require that manufacturers notify Maine environmental regulators about products containing PFAS, and ban the sale of carpeting and fabric treatment containing these chemicals.
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Biomonitoring project will assess Michigan firefighters’ PFAS exposure
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12 May 2021 | Fox 17
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services plans to recruit between 600 and 900 firefighters to participate.
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3M sues Michigan, seeks to invalidate PFAS drinking water rules
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7 May 2021 | MLive
Michigan is the latest state with PFAS drinking water limits to face a challenge by 3M, a PFAS manufacturer.
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Committee recommends stricter water standards for ‘forever chemicals’
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30 Apr 2021 | Press Herald
The proposal would set an interim standard of 20 ppt for PFAS in Maine's drinking water, in line with several other New England states and lower than the current federal health advisory level.
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For PFAS, is environmental persistence on its own enough to trigger regulation?
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18 Apr 2021 | C&EN
California regulators intend to deem carpets and rugs treated with PFAS-based stain-resistant coatings as having “a hazard trait that can harm people or the environment.” That hazardous trait is persistence. Industry is pushing back against this rationale.
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Federal agencies plan to investigate links between PFAS exposure and viral illness
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8 Apr 2021 | Circle of Blue
Two federal health agencies, National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, are planning to investigate potential links between exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals and susceptibility to viral illnesses such as Covid-19, pneumonia, and the flu.
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A town’s water is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals.’ How did it get that bad?
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2 Apr 2021 | Consumer Reports
Tests by the Guardian and CR found high levels of PFAS in Pittsboro, N.C.
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California moves on PFOA, PFOS, and other PFAS under Proposition 65
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1 Apr 2021 | JD Supra
The other PFAS that are the focus of OEHHA’s actions include PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA.
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UK ‘flying blind’ on levels of toxic chemicals in tap water
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25 Mar 2021 | The Guardian
The UK government has so far only made plans to make plans to understand the levels of drinking water pollution.