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[Press Release] Minn. study is first to show cause-and-effect link between ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water and reproductive harms
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11 Sep 2020 | Environmental Working Group
A peer-reviewed study reports that the rate of premature and low-weight births in Oakdale, Minn., dropped dramatically and fertility rates increased after the city began filtering PFAS from its tap water.
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$700 million plan unveiled to deal with ‘forever chemicals’ in east metro drinking water
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11 Sep 2020 | Star Tribune
The plan still isn’t final — it’s open for a 45-day comment period through Oct. 26 — but it’s a major milestone in the $850 million settlement Minnesota reached with 3M Co. in 2018 over the man-made chemicals.
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CFPUA asks to join Chemours lawsuit as new, previously unknown PFAS identified in the water
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10 Sep 2020 | Port City Daily
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is contending that it should be granted equal standing in negotiations for a lawsuit against Chemours, in which the state is arguing that Chemours has allowed undue levels of PFAS into the drinking water of some New Hanover County residents.
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City of Anaheim, Brown and Caldwell to partner on PFAS removal project
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10 Sep 2020 | Water Finance & Management
Earlier this year, Orange County water agencies took more than 40 drinking water wells in north and central Orange County out of service, temporarily resulting in increased reliance on costlier water supplies imported from Northern California and the Colorado River.
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Broad ‘fishnet’ PFAS testing worries industry, helps regulators
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8 Sep 2020 | Bloomberg Law
North Carolina, the EPA, and an international standards organization want to use a method for detecting known and unknown “forever chemicals” in water that the chemical industry opposes for being too broad.
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Effect of washing, soaking, and cooking methods on perfluorinated compounds in mackerel
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8 Sep 2020 | Food Sci Nutr
Grilling and cooking with high starch foods was found to decrease PFAS concentrations in fish significantly.
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Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to aquatic organisms
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8 Sep 2020 | Ecotoxicology
This study presents the first deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives in aquatic ecosystems.
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Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in multi-media around a landfill in China: Implications for the usage of PFASs alternatives
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8 Sep 2020 | Sci. Total Environ.
Short-chain PFAS such as PFBS was found in rising concentrations in surface waters replacing long-chain legacy PFAS.
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Groundwater council calls for action on PFAS; nitrate remains top contaminant
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2 Sep 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
While past Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council’s reports have addressed PFAS, this is the first to call for direct action.
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Screening for 32 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Including GenX in Sludges from 43 WWTPs Located in the Czech Republic - Evaluation of Potential Accumulation in Vegetables After Application of Biosolids
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1 Sep 2020 | Chemosphere
Agricultural sludge from wastewater treatment plants was found to contain GenX and other short-chain replacements.
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Analysis of 58 poly-/perfluoroalkyl substances and their occurrence in surface water in a high-technology industrial park
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1 Sep 2020 | Env. Poll.
P3MHpA was found to be the main pollutant in waters around Shanghai, China.
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NC officials investigating foam containing chemicals found in Gray’s Creek
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1 Sep 2020 | Cumberland County News
The surface water sample below the foam did not reflect it, but preliminary test results of the foam found significant levels of PFOS.
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[Press Release] EPA adds Blades, Delaware, site to Superfund National Priorities List
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1 Sep 2020 | EPA
The primary groundwater contaminants of concern in the Blades area are metals associated with electroplating compounds. PFOS and PFOA have also been found in groundwater and public and residential supply wells.
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California lawmakers vote to phase out toxic firefighting foam
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31 Aug 2020 | LA Times
The measure requires municipal fire departments, chemical plants and oil refineries to gradually stop using the foam.
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[Press Release] Elevated PFAS levels found in ditch downstream of JCI/Tyco
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28 Aug 2020 | Wisconsin DNR
The DNR continues close coordination with JCI/Tyco and is monitoring their progress to investigate and address PFAS contamination in the Marinette area.