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‘Radical idea’ from Delaware company could help mitigate PFAS contamination
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5 Aug 2019 | WHYY
The U.S. EPA is funding Framergy’s research into a way to remove and break down PFAS contamination.
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Duke study to determine source, effects of PFAS chemicals in Haw River
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4 Aug 2019 | The Fayetteville Observer
Researchers have identified and documented contamination in the town’s drinking water for decades, but there’s been little done about it and almost no outcry.
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Spring Hill water shuts down after elevated levels of PFAS detected in its products
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3 Aug 2019 | WGBH
Spring Hill Water said in a statement on Friday that while it has fixed the problem, the adverse media coverage and the potential for changing regulations are forcing them to close the 117-year-old family business.
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Murky waters: North Carolina residents unaware of possible water contamination
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3 Aug 2019 | N.C. Health News
“Nobody has ever made the motion, nobody has ever pled for public disclosure and the emphasis has always been on the fact that we meet state regulations” Perry, the town’s mayor.
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New Senate bill limits firefighter exposure to PFAS
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2 Aug 2019 | MLive
The Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act of 2019 would direct FEMA to develop educational resources to help protect firefighters, emergency response personnel, and the communities they serve from PFAS exposure.
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Professor Phil Brown talks PFAS on Morning Edition
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31 Jul 2019 | WBUR’s Morning Edition
Northeastern University professor of health sciences interviewed about the dangers of PFAS.
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Issues of the Environment: Water is not only source of PFAS, many foods also harbor chemicals
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31 Jul 2019 | WEMU
David Fair, ‘Issues of the Environment,’ WEMU, discusses with Dr. John Meeker, professor of environmental health sciences at the U-M’s School of Public Health, the recent study, which determined that certain foods contain PFAS.
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Attorneys general urge Congress to act on ‘forever chemicals’
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30 Jul 2019 | Boston Globe
A coalition of 22 State Attorneys General urges the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to help state and local governments curb the costs of cleaning up drinking water supplies contaminated by PFAS.
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Nanofiltration of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid as a function of water matrix properties
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29 Jul 2019 | Water Supply
PFOA and PFOS were removed from water supplies using organic mater and charged particles.
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Effectiveness of point-of-use/point-of-entry systems to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from drinking water
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29 Jul 2019 | AWWA Water Sci.
Commercially available PFAS filters tested in homes for efficiency and ease of use in areas contaminated by PFAS-containing firefighting foams.
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Michigan may become 1st state to regulate GenX chemicals
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29 Jul 2019 | MLive
Michigan’s efforts to advance PFAS regulation broadened this summer when it added a newer form of the toxic chemical family to its drinking water scrutiny. The move comes as the state expects this year to start receiving laboratory test results that will show whether that chemical, known as GenX, is…
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New York PFAS health study gets boost from feds
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26 Jul 2019 | Times Herald-Record
New York has been awarded federal funding to support a health study on the effects of toxic PFAS contamination by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The money will be used to expand a monitoring program that will assess the extent of PFAS exposure in New York communities.
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‘Markedly higher’ levels of 2 PFAS found in blood of NC residents, CDC reports
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26 Jul 2019
The study conducted by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services with the CDC found two PFAS (PFHxS and n-PFOS) “markedly higher” in the people drinking contaminated water in N.C. than the national estimates. GenX was not detected in the blood or urine of any of the participants, but nine PFAS were detected in blood.
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Notes from the Field: Targeted Biomonitoring for GenX and Other Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Following Detection of Drinking Water Contamination - North Carolina, 2018
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26 Jul 2019 | MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.
Biomonitoring of 837 private well and select owners for the presence of GenX and 17 other common PFAS, due to exposure by manufacturing facilities.
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‘I need PFAS polluters to be held accountable’ Congress told at hearing
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25 Jul 2019 | MLive
At a recent U.S. Congressional subcommittee meeting, Sandy Wynn-Stelt, the West Michigan woman with eye-widening number of fluorochemicals in her blood, detailed her sense of loss as she realized that her husband may have died from the high levels in their drinking water due to contamination from an old dump once filled with Scotchguard from Wolverine Worldwide’s factory.