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Long Island town sues 3M, DuPont, Chemours alleging PFAS water contamination
News
8 Mar 2021 | WSHU
In the past, The Chemours Company has admitted to being a “minor player” in the release of these chemicals to the environment, but claimed the effects to be “negligible.”
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‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate sites across North Dakota, including in Fargo
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8 Mar 2021 | Inforum
The North Dakota Air National Guard Base in Fargo is one of several locations in North Dakota where PFAS have been found in groundwater and soil.
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New tool finds and fingerprints previously undetected PFAS compounds in watersheds on Cape Cod
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5 Mar 2021 | Phys.org
Using their new method, Sunderland and her team were able to identify 100 percent of all PFAS compounds in the types of fire-retardant foams that were used for decades at Joint Base Cape Cod and Barnstable County Fire Training Academy.
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City of La Crosse files lawsuit calling out 23 companies for PFAS Contamination
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4 Mar 2021 | WPR
The city claims companies knew their products posed risks to public health.
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EPA says Coakley Landfill ‘impacted’ some nearby wells; PFAS chemicals found in Superfund’s cap
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4 Mar 2021 | NHPR
Two wells of nearby homes are above state limits on PFOA and 1,4 dioxane.
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Modeling and monitoring legacy and emerging PFAS pollution at a catchment scale: A Phoenix Webinar
Events
3 Mar 2021
The LIFE project PHOENIX will be holding a webinar regarding modeling legacy PFAS hosted by Massimo Mazzola.
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Carper, Peters release GAO showing need to address PFAS contamination
Policy
2 Mar 2021
Sen. Tom Carper and Sen. Gary Peters released on March 1 a report by the Government Accountability Office that shows the federal government needs to take further action to clean up and prevent contamination from PFAS.
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Fabrication of a near-infrared excitation surface molecular imprinting ratiometric fluorescent probe for sensitive and rapid detecting perfluorooctane sulfonate in complex matrix
Science
2 Mar 2021 | J Hazard Mater
A PFAS detecting probe was developed for PFOS determination in surface water, human serum, and egg samples across a range of different pHs.
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Wolverine Worldwide releases plan to deal with PFAS contamination at House Street property
News
24 Feb 2021 | FOX 17
The plan needs to be yet approved by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
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Lawsuits raise stakes for Saint-Gobain plan to fix chemical emissions
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24 Feb 2021 | NHPR
Lawyers for the state and Merrimack are seeking injunctions as soon as possible to shut down the factory until a required upgrade is installed or emissions are otherwise controlled.
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in Los Alamos waters
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24 Feb 2021 | New Mexico PBS
While most water samples around the Los Alamos National Laboratory contained only trace levels of PFAS, some were 60 to 60,000 times the recommended lifetime exposure limit.
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I Tested My Blood, Tap Water, Household Products, and Cat for PFAS
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23 Feb 2021 | Consumer Reports
After spending several months reporting on the PFAS crisis, an alarming realization hit—taco night might be poisoning me.
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Cross-Flow Treatment of PFAS in Water: Materials Challenges and Potential Solutions
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Acc. Mater. Res.
Thin-film composite membranes have shown highly efficient in removing PFAS from contaminated water.
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Temporal Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Delaware River Fish, USA
Science
23 Feb 2021 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
Significant decreases in PFNA and PFUnA concentrations were observed in fish fillet from the tidal river during the timeframe of the study, changes in concentrations of other PFAS in tidal and nontidal fish were less substantial.
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Regulating PFAS as a Chemical Class under the California Safer Consumer Products Program
Science
22 Feb 2021 | Environ Health Perspect
In this commentary, we present the rationale adopted by the State of California's DTSC for regulating PFAS as a class in certain consumer products.