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Congress Presses Forward on PFAS Measures
News
20 Aug 2021 | The National Law Review
The PFAS Action Act of 2021 would impose new requirements on PFAS under various existing regulatory frameworks including those governing drinking water, wastewater discharges, air emissions, solid waste management and chemicals with expedited deadlines for action.
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Virtual Event No Defense Screening
Events
18 Aug 2021
The Great Lakes PFAS Action Network is hosting a virtual, seven-day screening, No Defense, The U.S. Military’s War on Water, by Pulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim, to raise awareness and prompt action on the PFAS crisis occurring across the Great Lakes region.
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Computational estimates of daily aggregate exposure to PFOA/PFOS from 2011 to 2017 using a basic intake model
Science
16 Aug 2021 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Indoor and outdoor air, water, dust, and soil concentrations of PFOA and PFOS decreased along with total body burdens for adults and children in computer-generated models.
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CDC Probes Risks of PFAS Chemicals
News
4 Aug 2021 | Daily Hampshire Gazette
Breysse, director of the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, said PFAS chemicals can adversely affect different parts of the human body, including potential impacts on cholesterol levels and liver enzymes.
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EPA Approval of PFAS for Fracking May Spell a New Health Crisis for Communities
News
30 Jul 2021 | Truthout
At least 130 oil and gas companies … have used PFAS, or chemicals that can break down into PFAS in fracking in at least 1,200 wells in the U.S. since 2012.
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Efforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
News
23 Jul 2021 | Chemistry World
The five European countries are proposing to ban the entire class of chemicals.
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PFAS update: Current state-by-state groundwater regulations
News
21 Jul 2021 | JD Supra
States have adopted a patchwork of regulations and guidance standards which presents significant compliance challenges to impacted industries.
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US House passes Dingell bill regulating ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
News
21 Jul 2021 | Michigan Advance
The legislation would direct EPA to start the regulatory process for regulating PFAS, in drinking water and making the decision on whether to set drinking water standards for certain types of PFAS or to regulate the entire class,.
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‘Burden falls on exposed people’ as EPA weighs PFAS rules
News
21 Jul 2021 | E&E News
US EPA action to limit PFAS in drinking water is focused on just two compounds, meaning many Americans could continue drinking contaminated tap water for years to come.
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Are we being kept safe from ‘forever chemicals’ injected into fracking sites?
News
21 Jul 2021 | The Guardian
A bombshell exposé revealed that oil and gas firms are injecting PFAS chemicals into fracking sites, threatening groundwater.
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[Press Release] Detection of toxic PFAS chemicals increases to 2,790 communities
News
20 Jul 2021
The latest detections are based on new testing completed in Alabama, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina and Vermont.
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World’s first ban on products with PFAS adopted in Maine
News
19 Jul 2021 | C&EN
The US state of Maine is the first government in the world to ban the sale of products containing any chemical in a class of highly persistent synthetic compounds.
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[Press release] AWWA sends letter supporting Amendment 18 in the PFAS Action Act
Policy
19 Jul 2021
The American Water Works Association today sent a letter urging members of the House Committee on Rules to approve Amendment 18 in H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act.
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US House expects to vote next week on expanding PFAS regulations on toxic chemicals in drinking water
News
15 Jul 2021 | The Florida Phoenix
The bipartisan PFAS Action Act aims to reduce Americans’ exposure to the toxic chemicals in air, water and consumer products.
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Time for EPA to come clean on PFAS
News
14 Jul 2021 | The Hill
Corporate coverups allowed PFAS to flood our environment. To stem the damage, we need to turn off the tap.