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Boon Township family finds alarming levels of PFAS in water, encourages others to test
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27 Mar 2025 | Up North Live
"For anyone who lives in Boon, Cadillac or any of the surrounding areas, we are finding PFAS contamination in many different places," said Mary Galvanek, an organizer of Cadillac Advocates for Clean Water. "The most important thing is to put yourself on a testing schedule. So, test right now for PFAS and you can get a general water test as well."
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Even as French Island makes progress on safe drinking water, effects of PFAS contamination remain
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24 Mar 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio
Residents say they loved the taste of French Island water, look forward to drinking tap water again after new well comes in 2027.
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Forever chemical well testing expands to six counties near Chemours’ Fayetteville plant
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15 Mar 2025 | City View
Well water contamination suspected in Hoke and Harnett Counties for the first time. Residents also warned about eating homegrown produce near Fayetteville plant with known PFAS water contamination.
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6 Philadelphia-area water providers fail to meet Pa. PFAS regulations
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13 Mar 2025 | WHYY
The Pennsylvania water systems that currently don’t comply with the state’s regulations are required to inform their customers and take corrective measures.
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City of Fort Worth sues the military, chemical manufacturers for water supply contamination
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12 Mar 2025 | WFAA
The city is asking for more than $420 million in relief for damages suffered by the infiltration of so-called "forever chemicals" into its water supply.
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Record-high ‘forever chemicals’ found in private N.J. well. But hundreds more being tested.
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9 Mar 2025 | NJ.com
You wouldn’t know it driving past the car dealerships and colorful storefronts in Washington Township, but chemical findings along this section of Route 31 appear to be astronomically high.
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Supreme Court sends PFAS rules case between state, 3M back to lower court
Policy
7 Mar 2025
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider a case governing the future of Michigan regulations that seek to crack down on so-called "forever chemicals" in water supplies.
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Release of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances from municipal and construction and demolition waste landfills and wastewater treatment plants in North Carolina
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6 Mar 2025 | ACS ES&T Water
The presence of fluoroethers in the leachate from various landfills, as well as in wastewater treatment plants, illustrates that the impact of a fluorochemical plant and fluoropolymer production extends beyond the polymer manufacturing facility.
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‘The only safe level is zero’: Trump halts PFAs limits, Lowcountry experts weigh in
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26 Feb 2025 | WCSC
The Charleston Water System says it is continuing to monitor PFAS levels even as the Trump administration’s halt on federal regulations has raised concerns about the chemicals.
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California lawmaker pushes for state PFAS limits amid federal uncertainty
Policy
21 Feb 2025
California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel introduced a bill to set state drinking water limits for toxic PFAS chemicals, aiming to preserve protections that may be weakened under a future Trump administration.
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Georgia Republicans seek to shield carpet industry, cities from costly toxic PFAS lawsuits
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19 Feb 2025 | AJC
As northwest Georgia’s carpet manufacturing industry faces a barrage of potentially costly lawsuits, a new proposal introduced in the state legislature would grant broad immunity to carpet companies and municipalities accused of tainting the public water supply with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and global water resources: an in-depth review of existing regulatory frameworks worldwide
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5 Feb 2025 | Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
Global efforts to regulate PFAS are hindered by inconsistent policies, political and economic barriers, and scientific uncertainties, despite increasing evidence of their persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity in water resources; the study emphasizes the need for stronger international collaboration and enforcement to effectively manage PFAS pollution.
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Evers announces $145 million budget proposal to address PFAS pollution
Policy
4 Feb 2025
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday announced a $145 million budget proposal to address PFAS pollution across the state, an amount that more than doubles the money set aside in the last state budget to address the problem.
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Attleboro mayor to request $50M for plant to remove PFAS from drinking water
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31 Jan 2025 | George W. Rhodes
Mayor Cathleen DeSimone will be sending a request to the city council to borrow $50 million to fund a plant to remove permanent polyfluoroalkyls, or PFAS, from the drinking water supply.
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West Virginia Rivers Coalition lawsuit alleges Chemours' PFAS contamination continues
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29 Jan 2025 | WTAP
In a federal lawsuit filed last month in the Southern District of West Virginia, The West Virginia Rivers Coalition alleges that the Washington Works plant continues to discharge excessive amounts of PFAS chemicals into the Ohio River.